diff --git a/dev/find_missing_docs_links.py b/dev/find_missing_docs_links.py
index 156b0e9ace..9e98e3bc1a 100644
--- a/dev/find_missing_docs_links.py
+++ b/dev/find_missing_docs_links.py
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ async def check_all_http_links(http_link_infos, errors):
             src_file, line_num, link, _, _ = link_info
             if link in links:
                 continue
+            if "://localhost:" in link:
+                continue
             links.add(link)
             tasks.append(
                 asyncio.ensure_future(check_http_link(session, src_file, line_num, link, errors))
diff --git a/docs/workloads/realtime/metrics.md b/docs/workloads/realtime/metrics.md
index a928782608..6637967c1d 100644
--- a/docs/workloads/realtime/metrics.md
+++ b/docs/workloads/realtime/metrics.md
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ URL:
 cortex env list
 ```
 
+If your operator load balancer is configured to be internal, there are a few options for accessing the dashboard:
+
+1. Access the dashboard from a machine that has VPC Peering configured to your cluster's VPC, or which is inside of your cluster's VPC
+1. Run `kubectl port-forward -n default grafana-0 3000:3000` to forward Grafana's port to your local machine, and access the dashboard on [http://localhost:3000/](http://localhost:3000/) (see instructions for setting up `kubectl` on [AWS](../../clusters/aws/kubectl.md) or [GCP](../../clusters/gcp/kubectl.md))
+1. Set up VPN access to your cluster's VPC ([docs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/vpn-connections.html))
+
 ### Default credentials
 
 The dashboard is protected with username / password authentication, which by default are: