From f007249a2c456ec1786413e67388c953a8edfa54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hugo van Kemenade <hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2023 14:48:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Meta: Document the shortcut links (#3043)

Co-authored-by: C.A.M. Gerlach <CAM.Gerlach@Gerlach.CAM>
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 README.rst | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index db00cf130..2fa0f9656 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ about writing one, please start reading at :pep:`1`. Note that the PEP Index
 (:pep:`0`) is automatically generated based on the metadata headers in other PEPs.
 
 
+Canonical links
+===============
+
+The canonical form of PEP links are zero-padded, such as
+``https://peps.python.org/pep-0008/``
+
+Shortcut redirects are also available.
+For example, ``https://peps.python.org/8`` redirects to the canonical link.
+
+
 Contributing to PEPs
 ====================