diff --git a/app/views/admin/projects/show.html.haml b/app/views/admin/projects/show.html.haml
index 1e44172f066..73986d21bcf 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/projects/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/projects/show.html.haml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     .col-md-12
       .panel
         .panel-heading.alert.alert-danger
-          Last repository check 
+          Last repository check
           = "(#{time_ago_in_words(@project.last_repository_check_at)} ago)"
           failed. See
           = link_to 'repocheck.log', admin_logs_path
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@
               - else
                 passed.
 
+            = link_to icon('question-circle'), help_page_path('administration', 'repository_checks')
+
           .form-group
             = f.submit 'Trigger repository check', class: 'btn btn-primary'
 
diff --git a/doc/README.md b/doc/README.md
index d2660930653..e6ac4794827 100644
--- a/doc/README.md
+++ b/doc/README.md
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 - [Environment Variables](administration/environment_variables.md) to configure GitLab.
 - [Operations](operations/README.md) Keeping GitLab up and running
 - [Raketasks](raketasks/README.md) Backups, maintenance, automatic webhook setup and the importing of projects.
+- [Repository checks](administration/repository_checks.md) Periodic Git repository checks
 - [Security](security/README.md) Learn what you can do to further secure your GitLab instance.
 - [System hooks](system_hooks/system_hooks.md) Notifications when users, projects and keys are changed.
 - [Update](update/README.md) Update guides to upgrade your installation.
diff --git a/doc/administration/repository_checks.md b/doc/administration/repository_checks.md
index 16f4627a596..61bf8ce6161 100644
--- a/doc/administration/repository_checks.md
+++ b/doc/administration/repository_checks.md
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 # Repository checks
 
-_**Note:** This feature was [introduced][ce-3232] in GitLab 8.7_
+>**Note:**
+This feature was [introduced][ce-3232] in GitLab 8.7.
 
----
-
-Git has a built-in mechanism, \[git fsck\]\[git-fsck\], to verify the
+Git has a built-in mechanism, [git fsck][git-fsck], to verify the
 integrity of all data commited to a repository. GitLab administrators
 can trigger such a check for a project via the project page under the
 admin panel. The checks run asynchronously so it may take a few minutes