-in the @file{.emacs} file. If you give an empty argument to either of
-these functions, the file name Emacs uses is the value of the variable
-@code{abbrev-file-name}, which is by default @code{"~/.abbrev_defs"}.
+in the init file. @xref{Init File}. If you give an empty argument to
+either of these functions, the file name Emacs uses is the value of the
+variable @code{abbrev-file-name}, which is by default
+@code{"~/.abbrev_defs"}.