diff --git a/web/content/docs/devguide/advanced/gitlab-migration.pandoc b/web/content/docs/devguide/advanced/gitlab-migration.pandoc
index 3150bafd99d6736ad62689406b24a8b3d8bbebcc..c9279fab7b8cec3bc9192bb20ca641e7e994fa83 100644
--- a/web/content/docs/devguide/advanced/gitlab-migration.pandoc
+++ b/web/content/docs/devguide/advanced/gitlab-migration.pandoc
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ git commit -m "Converted LFS files to plain git."
 ```
 :::
 
+## Create a new fork on GitLab
+
+[Create a new fork](https://gitlab.opengeosys.org/ogs/ogs/-/forks/new) from the [official OGS-6 repository](https://gitlab.opengeosys.org/ogs/ogs).
+
+This creates a new fork under your account with the URL `https://gitlab.opengeosys.org/YOUR-USERNAME/ogs`.
+
 ## Migrate your local repos to point to GitLab
 
 You have to modify your git remotes to point to the new GitLab repos. Assuming the former official git repo remote is called `upstream`:
diff --git a/web/content/docs/devguide/getting-started/get-the-source-code.pandoc b/web/content/docs/devguide/getting-started/get-the-source-code.pandoc
index 130d233487bb03a28e97b332ea6c89af248a56c9..e15377446fdbb33b025fa1e3c1581370fc5b2348 100644
--- a/web/content/docs/devguide/getting-started/get-the-source-code.pandoc
+++ b/web/content/docs/devguide/getting-started/get-the-source-code.pandoc
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ The content of this page is largely taken from the [GitHub-blog](https://github.
 
 ## Create a fork
 
-Go to the [official OGS-6 repository](https://gitlab.opengeosys.org/ogs/ogs) and click the "Fork"-button. This creates a new fork under your account with the URL `https://gitlab.opengeosys.org/YOUR-USERNAME/ogs`.
+[Create a new fork](https://gitlab.opengeosys.org/ogs/ogs/-/forks/new) from the [official OGS-6 repository](https://gitlab.opengeosys.org/ogs/ogs).
+
+This creates a new fork under your account with the URL `https://gitlab.opengeosys.org/YOUR-USERNAME/ogs`.
 
 
 ## Setup your local clone