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@@ -19,3 +19,9 @@ the only way to link to an unrelated [[SubPage]].
 
 You can use this to, for example, to link from BazBar to "FooBar/SubPage",
 or from BazBar/SubPage to "FooBar/SubPage".
+
+You can also use "/" at the start of a link, to specify exactly which page
+to link to, when there are multiple pages with similar names and the link
+goes to the wrong page by default. For example, linking from
+"FooBar/SubPage" to  "/OtherPage" will link to the "OtherPage" in the root
+of the wiki, even if there is a "FooBar/OtherPage".