diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/modal/SourcesModal.tsx b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/modal/SourcesModal.tsx
index 79bd1d5a2cc..049449ea53a 100644
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/modal/SourcesModal.tsx
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/modal/SourcesModal.tsx
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export class SourcesModal extends React.Component<
 
     @computed private get editBaseUrl(): string | undefined {
         if (!this.manager.showAdminControls) return undefined
-        return `${this.props.manager.adminBaseUrl}/admin/datasets`
+        return `${this.props.manager.adminBaseUrl}/admin`
     }
 
     @computed private get columns(): CoreColumn[] {
@@ -359,9 +359,20 @@ export class Source extends React.Component<{
     }
 
     @computed private get editUrl(): string | undefined {
-        // there will not be a datasetId for explorers that define the FASTT in TSV
-        if (!this.props.editBaseUrl || !this.def.datasetId) return undefined
-        return `${this.props.editBaseUrl}/${this.def.datasetId}`
+        if (!this.props.editBaseUrl) return undefined
+
+        // point user directly to the variable edit page if possible
+        if (this.def.owidVariableId) {
+            return `${this.props.editBaseUrl}/variables/${this.def.owidVariableId}`
+        }
+
+        // if that's not possible, point user to the dataset edit page
+        if (this.def.datasetId) {
+            return `${this.props.editBaseUrl}/datasets/${this.def.datasetId}`
+        }
+
+        // we can't link to an edit page for explorers that define the FASTT in TSV
+        return undefined
     }
 
     @computed private get producers(): string[] {