diff --git a/content/applications/finance/accounting/reporting/silverfin.rst b/content/applications/finance/accounting/reporting/silverfin.rst
index 2ebc85158..01124cbda 100644
--- a/content/applications/finance/accounting/reporting/silverfin.rst
+++ b/content/applications/finance/accounting/reporting/silverfin.rst
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ You can create Odoo external API keys either :ref:`for a single database <silver
    - If you need it again, create a new API key (and delete the old one).
 
 .. seealso::
-   :doc:`/developer/api/external_api`
+   :doc:`/developer/reference/external_api`
 
 .. _silverfin/api-singledb:
 
diff --git a/content/developer/api.rst b/content/developer/api.rst
index db6bedc32..13462c69d 100644
--- a/content/developer/api.rst
+++ b/content/developer/api.rst
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@ API
 .. toctree::
     :titlesonly:
 
-    api/external_api
     api/extract_api
diff --git a/content/developer/howtos/web_services.rst b/content/developer/howtos/web_services.rst
index df391d095..9de8affc0 100644
--- a/content/developer/howtos/web_services.rst
+++ b/content/developer/howtos/web_services.rst
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ server with the library ``xmlrpc.client``::
             })
 
 .. seealso::
-   - :doc:`../api/external_api`: The in-depth tutorial on XML-RPC with examples spanning multiple programming languages.
+   - :doc:`../reference/external_api`: The in-depth tutorial on XML-RPC with examples spanning multiple programming languages.
 
 JSON-RPC Library
 ----------------
diff --git a/content/developer/reference.rst b/content/developer/reference.rst
index a4df1090b..a0e98d937 100644
--- a/content/developer/reference.rst
+++ b/content/developer/reference.rst
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ Reference
     reference/backend
     reference/frontend
     reference/standard_modules
+    reference/external_api
diff --git a/content/developer/api/external_api.rst b/content/developer/reference/external_api.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from content/developer/api/external_api.rst
rename to content/developer/reference/external_api.rst
diff --git a/content/developer/api/external_api/account-security.png b/content/developer/reference/external_api/account-security.png
similarity index 100%
rename from content/developer/api/external_api/account-security.png
rename to content/developer/reference/external_api/account-security.png
diff --git a/content/developer/api/external_api/delete-key.png b/content/developer/reference/external_api/delete-key.png
similarity index 100%
rename from content/developer/api/external_api/delete-key.png
rename to content/developer/reference/external_api/delete-key.png
diff --git a/content/developer/api/external_api/preferences.png b/content/developer/reference/external_api/preferences.png
similarity index 100%
rename from content/developer/api/external_api/preferences.png
rename to content/developer/reference/external_api/preferences.png
diff --git a/content/developer/tutorials/restrict_data_access.rst b/content/developer/tutorials/restrict_data_access.rst
index 414f61b17..153365499 100644
--- a/content/developer/tutorials/restrict_data_access.rst
+++ b/content/developer/tutorials/restrict_data_access.rst
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ or a *visibility* feature before using it:
 
 * *Visibility* features mean a user can still access the model or record
   otherwise, either through another part of the interface or by :doc:`performing
-  operations remotely using RPC <../api/external_api>`, things might just not be
+  operations remotely using RPC <../reference/external_api>`, things might just not be
   visible in the web interface in some contexts.
 * *Security* features mean a user can not access records, fields or operations.
 
diff --git a/redirects/14.0.txt b/redirects/14.0.txt
index 162143f7f..ae3d46c14 100644
--- a/redirects/14.0.txt
+++ b/redirects/14.0.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ applications/sales/crm/acquire_leads/generate_from_website.rst applications/sale
 
 # developer/howtos
 
+developer/api/external_api.rst developer/reference/external_api.rst                                              # reorganize the developer doc
 developer/api/iap.rst developer/howtos/provide_iap_services.rst                                                  # reorganize the developer doc
 developer/howtos/backend.rst developer/tutorials/backend.rst                                                     # reorganize the developer doc
 developer/howtos/rdtraining.rst developer/tutorials/getting_started.rst                                          # reorganize the developer doc