diff --git a/source/administration/minio-console.rst b/source/administration/minio-console.rst
index 9ea5fc8f..aa3e3cef 100644
--- a/source/administration/minio-console.rst
+++ b/source/administration/minio-console.rst
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ routing rules may require setting a static MinIO Console port. For example,
 load balancers, reverse proxies, or Kubernetes ingress may by default block
 or exhibit unexpected behavior with the the dynamic redirection behavior.
 
+.. _minio-console-play-login:
+
 Logging In
 ----------
 
diff --git a/source/index.rst b/source/index.rst
index a8907e3a..962596b0 100644
--- a/source/index.rst
+++ b/source/index.rst
@@ -67,9 +67,10 @@ MinIO is built to deploy anywhere - public or private cloud, baremetal infrastru
    MinIO is released under dual license `GNU Affero General Public License v3.0  <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html?ref=docs>`__ and `MinIO Commercial License <https://min.io/pricing?jmp=docs>`__.
    Deploying MinIO through the :minio-web:`AKS Marketplace <product/multicloud-azure-kubernetes-service>` includes the commercial license and access to 24/7 MinIO support through  |SUBNET|.
 
-You can get started exploring MinIO features using our ``play`` server at https://play.min.io. 
+You can get started exploring MinIO features using the :ref:`minio-console` and our ``play`` server at https://play.min.io. 
 ``play`` is a *public* MinIO cluster running the latest stable MinIO server. 
 Any file uploaded to ``play`` should be considered public and non-protected.
+For more about connecting to ``play``, see :ref:`MinIO Console play Login <minio-console-play-login>`.
 
 .. cond:: linux