diff --git a/release/scripts/startup/bl_operators/wm.py b/release/scripts/startup/bl_operators/wm.py
index 6d47fef371c..5a923b6861d 100644
--- a/release/scripts/startup/bl_operators/wm.py
+++ b/release/scripts/startup/bl_operators/wm.py
@@ -1241,19 +1241,46 @@ class WM_OT_doc_view_manual(Operator):
 
     doc_id: doc_id
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _find_references_fnmatch(pattern, url_suffix, rna_id):
+        from re import match
+        from fnmatch import translate
+        return match(translate(pattern), rna_id), url_suffix
+
     @staticmethod
     def _find_reference(rna_id, url_mapping, *, verbose=True):
         if verbose:
             print("online manual check for: '%s'... " % rna_id)
-        from fnmatch import fnmatchcase
+
+        import multiprocessing
+        from re import match
+        from fnmatch import fnmatchcase, translate
         # XXX, for some reason all RNA ID's are stored lowercase
         # Adding case into all ID's isn't worth the hassle so force lowercase.
         rna_id = rna_id.lower()
-        for pattern, url_suffix in url_mapping:
-            if fnmatchcase(rna_id, pattern):
-                if verbose:
-                    print("            match found: '%s' --> '%s'" % (pattern, url_suffix))
-                return url_suffix
+
+        cpu_count = multiprocessing.cpu_count()
+        if cpu_count == 1 or len(url_mapping) < 64:
+            for pattern, url_suffix in url_mapping:
+                if fnmatchcase(rna_id, pattern):
+                    if verbose:
+                        print("            match found: '%s' --> '%s'" % (pattern, url_suffix))
+                    return url_suffix
+        else:
+            def fnmatch_multiprocessing(url_mapping, rna_id):
+                # NOTE(@ideasman42): There are diminishing returns using more processes,
+                # in my testing above 8 is not significantly faster (sometimes slower).
+                with multiprocessing.Pool(processes=min(cpu_count, 8)) as pool:
+                    return pool.starmap(
+                        WM_OT_doc_view_manual._find_references_fnmatch,
+                        [(*item, rna_id) for item in url_mapping]
+                    )
+
+            for pattern, url_suffix in fnmatch_multiprocessing(url_mapping, rna_id):
+                if pattern is not None:
+                    if verbose:
+                        print("            match found: '%s' --> '%s'" % (pattern, url_suffix))
+                    return url_suffix
         if verbose:
             print("match not found")
         return None