diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/rt_addr.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-addr.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from Documentation/netlink/specs/rt_addr.yaml
rename to Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-addr.yaml
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/rt_link.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-link.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from Documentation/netlink/specs/rt_link.yaml
rename to Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-link.yaml
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/rt_neigh.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-neigh.yaml
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rename from Documentation/netlink/specs/rt_neigh.yaml
rename to Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-neigh.yaml
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/rt_route.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-route.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from Documentation/netlink/specs/rt_route.yaml
rename to Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-route.yaml
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/rt_rule.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-rule.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from Documentation/netlink/specs/rt_rule.yaml
rename to Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-rule.yaml
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/netlink-raw.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/netlink-raw.rst
index 1990eea772d0..31fc91020eb3 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/netlink-raw.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/netlink-raw.rst
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Sub-messages
 ------------
 
 Several raw netlink families such as
-:doc:`rt_link<../../networking/netlink_spec/rt_link>` and
+:doc:`rt-link<../../networking/netlink_spec/rt-link>` and
 :doc:`tc<../../networking/netlink_spec/tc>` use attribute nesting as an
 abstraction to carry module specific information.
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/ynl.py b/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/ynl.py
index 8986c584cb37..6329ae805abf 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/ynl.py
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/ynl.py
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ class EthtoolFamily(YnlFamily):
 
 class RtnlFamily(YnlFamily):
     def __init__(self, recv_size=0):
-        super().__init__((SPEC_PATH / Path('rt_link.yaml')).as_posix(),
+        super().__init__((SPEC_PATH / Path('rt-link.yaml')).as_posix(),
                          schema='', recv_size=recv_size)
 
 class RtnlAddrFamily(YnlFamily):
     def __init__(self, recv_size=0):
-        super().__init__((SPEC_PATH / Path('rt_addr.yaml')).as_posix(),
+        super().__init__((SPEC_PATH / Path('rt-addr.yaml')).as_posix(),
                          schema='', recv_size=recv_size)
 
 class NetdevFamily(YnlFamily):