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diff --git a/doc/reference/api/overview.rst b/doc/develop/api/overview.rst
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diff --git a/doc/reference/api/terminology.rst b/doc/develop/api/terminology.rst
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diff --git a/doc/develop/index.rst b/doc/develop/index.rst
index 23f65c4..b787144 100644
--- a/doc/develop/index.rst
+++ b/doc/develop/index.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
    beyond-GSG.rst
    env_vars.rst
    application/index.rst
+   api/index.rst
    optimizations/index
    flash_debug/index
    modules.rst
diff --git a/doc/reference/canbus/controller.rst b/doc/hardware/peripherals/canbus/controller.rst
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diff --git a/doc/reference/canbus/isotp.rst b/doc/hardware/peripherals/canbus/isotp.rst
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diff --git a/doc/hardware/peripherals/index.rst b/doc/hardware/peripherals/index.rst
index 3b85f7c..1d38ed6 100644
--- a/doc/hardware/peripherals/index.rst
+++ b/doc/hardware/peripherals/index.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
    adc.rst
    audio/index.rst
+   canbus/index.rst
    counter.rst
    clock_control.rst
    dac.rst
diff --git a/doc/index-tex.rst b/doc/index-tex.rst
index d7282cb..6f55f86 100644
--- a/doc/index-tex.rst
+++ b/doc/index-tex.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
    services/index.rst
    build/index.rst
    connectivity/index.rst
-   reference/index.rst
    hardware/index.rst
    contribute/index.rst
    project/index.rst
diff --git a/doc/index.rst b/doc/index.rst
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--- a/doc/index.rst
+++ b/doc/index.rst
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@
    services/index.rst
    build/index.rst
    connectivity/index.rst
-   reference/index.rst
    hardware/index.rst
    contribute/index.rst
    project/index.rst
diff --git a/doc/reference/index.rst b/doc/reference/index.rst
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--- a/doc/reference/index.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-.. _api_reference:
-
-API Reference
-#############
-
-.. toctree::
-   :titlesonly:
-   :maxdepth: 2
-
-   api/index.rst
-   canbus/index.rst
-   misc/index
-   modbus/index.rst
-   usb/index.rst
-   virtualization/index.rst
diff --git a/doc/security/security-overview.rst b/doc/security/security-overview.rst
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--- a/doc/security/security-overview.rst
+++ b/doc/security/security-overview.rst
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
 document shall be created and evaluated against the implementation.
 These documents shall serve as an entry point to new developers and as a
 basis for the security architecture. Please refer to the
-:ref:`Zephyr subsystem documentation <api_reference>` for
+:ref:`Zephyr subsystem documentation <os_services>` for
 detailed information.
 
 Secure Coding
diff --git a/doc/services/index.rst b/doc/services/index.rst
index 775eeca..9335536 100644
--- a/doc/services/index.rst
+++ b/doc/services/index.rst
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
    logging/index.rst
    tracing/index.rst
    resource_management/index.rst
+   modbus/index.rst
    notify.rst
    pm/index.rst
    portability/index.rst
@@ -24,3 +25,6 @@
    storage/index.rst
    task_wdt/index.rst
    tfm/index
+   usb/index.rst
+   virtualization/index.rst
+   misc.rst
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