diff --git a/doc/source/advanced-topics/external-auth.rst b/doc/source/admin/identity-external-authentication.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from doc/source/advanced-topics/external-auth.rst
rename to doc/source/admin/identity-external-authentication.rst
diff --git a/doc/source/admin/index.rst b/doc/source/admin/index.rst
index ae342932f1..9b58cf38ce 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin/index.rst
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ command-line client.
    endpoint-policy.rst
    event_notifications.rst
    auth-totp.rst
+   identity-external-authentication.rst
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
diff --git a/doc/source/advanced-topics/index.rst b/doc/source/advanced-topics/index.rst
index 07bf66a742..ddd7c7352b 100644
--- a/doc/source/advanced-topics/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/advanced-topics/index.rst
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@ Advanced Topics
    :maxdepth: 1
 
    configure_tokenless_x509.rst
-   external-auth.rst
diff --git a/doc/source/contributor/auth-plugins.rst b/doc/source/contributor/auth-plugins.rst
index 8f0f7a16ea..52ff50766b 100644
--- a/doc/source/contributor/auth-plugins.rst
+++ b/doc/source/contributor/auth-plugins.rst
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ password authentication and ``token`` handles token authentication.
 ``external`` is used in conjunction with authentication performed by a
 container web server that sets the ``REMOTE_USER`` environment variable. For
 more details, refer to :doc:`External Authentication
-<../advanced-topics/external-auth>`.
+<../admin/identity-external-authentication>`.
 
 How to Implement an Authentication Plugin
 -----------------------------------------
@@ -81,5 +81,5 @@ webserver. However, to ensure that a user must go through other authentication
 mechanisms, even if this variable is set, remove ``external`` from the list of
 plugins specified in ``methods``. This effectively disables external
 authentication. For more details, refer to :doc:`External Authentication
-<../advanced-topics/external-auth>`.
+<../admin/identity-external-authentication>`.