diff --git a/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-documentation/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/documentation/html/HtmlDocumentationWriter.java b/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-documentation/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/documentation/html/HtmlDocumentationWriter.java
index f3c0edf742..9856c5dc8d 100644
--- a/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-documentation/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/documentation/html/HtmlDocumentationWriter.java
+++ b/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-documentation/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/documentation/html/HtmlDocumentationWriter.java
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ public class HtmlDocumentationWriter implements DocumentationWriter {
 
                 final String link = "../" + linkedComponent + "/index.html";
 
-                final int indexOfLastPeriod = Math.max(0,  linkedComponent.lastIndexOf("."));
+                final int indexOfLastPeriod = linkedComponent.lastIndexOf(".") + 1;
                 
                 writeLink(xmlStreamWriter, linkedComponent.substring(indexOfLastPeriod), link);