diff --git a/jOOQ-website/manual-pdf/jOOQ-manual.fo.xml b/jOOQ-website/manual-pdf/jOOQ-manual.fo.xml
index f42d9b57f8..e75e49c370 100644
--- a/jOOQ-website/manual-pdf/jOOQ-manual.fo.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-website/manual-pdf/jOOQ-manual.fo.xml
@@ -2854,7 +2854,13 @@ p.setAuthorName("Paulo");
 p.execute(configuration);
 assertEquals(BigDecimal.ONE, p.getResult());</fo:block>
 
-							<fo:block font-size="11pt">If you use the generated convenience methods, however, things are much simpler, still: </fo:block>
+							<fo:block font-size="11pt">
+								The above configuration is a
+								<fo:basic-link font-size="11pt" color="#882222" font-weight="bold" text-shadow="0 1px 2px #666666" internal-destination="Factory">Factory</fo:basic-link>,
+								holding a reference to a JDBC connection, as discussed in a previous section.
+								
+								If you use the generated convenience methods, however, things are much simpler, still: 
+							</fo:block>
 <fo:block font-family="Courier" linefeed-treatment="preserve" white-space-collapse="false" white-space-treatment="preserve" font-size="6pt" margin="12pt" padding="4pt" border="2px solid #882222" background-color="#FFEEDD" page-break-inside="avoid">// Every schema has a single Routines class with convenience methods
 public final class Routines {
 
diff --git a/jOOQ-website/manual-pdf/jOOQ-manual.pdf b/jOOQ-website/manual-pdf/jOOQ-manual.pdf
index aefcf22b23..ec72f9a53c 100644
Binary files a/jOOQ-website/manual-pdf/jOOQ-manual.pdf and b/jOOQ-website/manual-pdf/jOOQ-manual.pdf differ
diff --git a/jOOQ-website/manual-single-page/index.php b/jOOQ-website/manual-single-page/index.php
index 0a16cc82ee..b6cf3846df 100644
--- a/jOOQ-website/manual-single-page/index.php
+++ b/jOOQ-website/manual-single-page/index.php
@@ -1907,7 +1907,13 @@ p.setAuthorName("Paulo");
 p.execute(configuration);
 assertEquals(BigDecimal.ONE, p.getResult());</pre>
 
-							<p>If you use the generated convenience methods, however, things are much simpler, still: </p>
+							<p>
+								The above configuration is a
+								<a href="#Factory" title="jOOQ Manual reference: The Factory class">Factory</a>,
+								holding a reference to a JDBC connection, as discussed in a previous section.
+								
+								If you use the generated convenience methods, however, things are much simpler, still: 
+							</p>
 <pre class="prettyprint lang-java">// Every schema has a single Routines class with convenience methods
 public final class Routines {
 
diff --git a/jOOQ-website/manual/META/PROCEDURE/index.php b/jOOQ-website/manual/META/PROCEDURE/index.php
index 43c45d34a1..32db410823 100644
--- a/jOOQ-website/manual/META/PROCEDURE/index.php
+++ b/jOOQ-website/manual/META/PROCEDURE/index.php
@@ -106,7 +106,13 @@ p.setAuthorName("Paulo");
 p.execute(configuration);
 assertEquals(BigDecimal.ONE, p.getResult());</pre>
 
-							<p>If you use the generated convenience methods, however, things are much simpler, still: </p>
+							<p>
+								The above configuration is a
+								<a href="<?=$root?>/manual/JOOQ/Factory/" title="jOOQ Manual reference: The Factory class">Factory</a>,
+								holding a reference to a JDBC connection, as discussed in a previous section.
+								
+								If you use the generated convenience methods, however, things are much simpler, still: 
+							</p>
 <pre class="prettyprint lang-java">// Every schema has a single Routines class with convenience methods
 public final class Routines {
 
diff --git a/jOOQ-website/src/main/resources/manual.xml b/jOOQ-website/src/main/resources/manual.xml
index 774b68a80a..d43c0684a5 100644
--- a/jOOQ-website/src/main/resources/manual.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-website/src/main/resources/manual.xml
@@ -1724,7 +1724,13 @@ p.setAuthorName("Paulo");
 p.execute(configuration);
 assertEquals(BigDecimal.ONE, p.getResult());</java>
 
-							<p>If you use the generated convenience methods, however, things are much simpler, still: </p>
+							<p>
+								The above configuration is a
+								<reference id="Factory" title="Factory"/>,
+								holding a reference to a JDBC connection, as discussed in a previous section.
+								
+								If you use the generated convenience methods, however, things are much simpler, still: 
+							</p>
 <java>// Every schema has a single Routines class with convenience methods
 public final class Routines {