diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 620a7425a9..813ddd96bc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ This project is used to read and write to/from GitHub (repositories, teams, file
 
 ## Usage
 
-Detailed documentation for the GitHub provider can be found [here](https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/github/index.html).
+Detailed documentation for the GitHub provider can be found [here](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/integrations/github).
 
 ## Contributing
 
diff --git a/github/data_source_github_ref.go b/github/data_source_github_ref.go
index ea22e436c2..81f6e49123 100644
--- a/github/data_source_github_ref.go
+++ b/github/data_source_github_ref.go
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ func dataSourceGithubRef() *schema.Resource {
 				Required: true,
 				ForceNew: true,
 			},
+			"owner": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Optional: true,
+			},
 			"etag": {
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Computed: true,
@@ -38,15 +42,18 @@ func dataSourceGithubRef() *schema.Resource {
 
 func dataSourceGithubRefRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	client := meta.(*Owner).v3client
-	orgName := meta.(*Owner).name
+	owner, ok := d.Get("owner").(string)
+	if !ok {
+		owner = meta.(*Owner).name
+	}
 	repoName := d.Get("repository").(string)
 	ref := d.Get("ref").(string)
 
-	refData, resp, err := client.Git.GetRef(context.TODO(), orgName, repoName, ref)
+	refData, resp, err := client.Git.GetRef(context.TODO(), owner, repoName, ref)
 	if err != nil {
 		if err, ok := err.(*github.ErrorResponse); ok {
 			if err.Response.StatusCode == http.StatusNotFound {
-				log.Printf("[DEBUG] Missing GitHub ref %s/%s (%s)", orgName, repoName, ref)
+				log.Printf("[DEBUG] Missing GitHub ref %s/%s (%s)", owner, repoName, ref)
 				d.SetId("")
 				return nil
 			}
diff --git a/website/docs/d/ref.html.markdown b/website/docs/d/ref.html.markdown
index 2e4a757493..2e2c2fd853 100644
--- a/website/docs/d/ref.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/d/ref.html.markdown
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ Use this data source to retrieve information about a repository ref.
 
 ```hcl
 data "github_ref" "development" {
+  owner      = "example"
   repository = "example"
-  ref     = "heads/development"
+  ref        = "heads/development"
 }
 ```
 
@@ -22,6 +23,8 @@ data "github_ref" "development" {
 
 The following arguments are supported:
 
+* `owner` -  (Required) Owner of the repository.
+
 * `repository` - (Required) The GitHub repository name.
 
 * `ref` - (Required) The repository ref to look up. Must be formatted `heads/<ref>` for branches, and `tags/<ref>` for tags.
@@ -32,4 +35,6 @@ The following additional attributes are exported:
 
 * `etag` - An etag representing the ref.
 
+* `id` - A string storing a reference to the repository name and ref.
+
 * `sha` - A string storing the reference's `HEAD` commit's SHA1.