Comment 1 for bug 1886305

Thanks for your report.

Yes it does, and that's intentional.

https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-doc/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/tree/html/fix-urls.sed#n36

That way the link works also for Xenial users who navigate the latest version of the desktop guide online.

But Xenial will be EOL in a year, and we should probably drop that replacement soon.