diff --git a/src/types/YArray.js b/src/types/YArray.js
index 4ea94568..e2d91614 100644
--- a/src/types/YArray.js
+++ b/src/types/YArray.js
@@ -204,18 +204,21 @@ export class YArray extends AbstractType {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Returns the weak link to i-th element from a YArray.
+   * Returns the weak link that allows to refer and observe live changes of contents of an YArray.
+   * It points at a consecutive range of elements, starting at give `index` and spanning over provided
+   * length of elements.
    *
    * @param {number} index The index of the element to return from the YArray
+   * @param {number} length The number of elements to include in returned weak link reference.
    * @return {YWeakLink<T>}
    */
-  link(index) {
+  quote(index, length = 1) {
     if (this.doc !== null) {
       return transact(this.doc, transaction => {
-        return arrayWeakLink(transaction, this, index)
+        return arrayWeakLink(transaction, this, index, length)
       })
     } else {
-      throw new Error('cannot create a link to an YArray that has not been integrated into YDoc')
+      throw new Error('cannot quote an YArray that has not been integrated into YDoc')
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/types/YWeakLink.js b/src/types/YWeakLink.js
index 7fb637ea..9df1d734 100644
--- a/src/types/YWeakLink.js
+++ b/src/types/YWeakLink.js
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ export const readYWeakLink = decoder => {
   return new YWeakLink(start, end, null, null)
 }
 
-const lengthExceeded = error.create('Length exceeded!')
+const invalidQuotedRange = error.create('Invalid quoted range length.')
 
 /**
  * Returns a {WeakLink} to an YArray element at given index.
@@ -208,6 +208,9 @@ const lengthExceeded = error.create('Length exceeded!')
  * @return {YWeakLink<any>}
  */
 export const arrayWeakLink = (transaction, parent, index, length = 1) => {
+  if (length <= 0) {
+    throw invalidQuotedRange
+  }
   let startItem = parent._start
   for (;startItem !== null; startItem = startItem.right) {
     if (!startItem.deleted && startItem.countable) {
@@ -247,7 +250,7 @@ export const arrayWeakLink = (transaction, parent, index, length = 1) => {
     }
   }
 
-  throw lengthExceeded
+  throw invalidQuotedRange
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/tests/y-weak-links.tests.js b/tests/y-weak-links.tests.js
index 679a8886..1b5a2176 100644
--- a/tests/y-weak-links.tests.js
+++ b/tests/y-weak-links.tests.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export const testBasicMap = tc => {
 export const testBasicArray = tc => {
   const { testConnector, array0, array1 } = init(tc, {users:2})
   array0.insert(0, [1,2,3])
-  array0.insert(3, [array0.link(1)])
+  array0.insert(3, [array0.quote(1)])
 
   t.compare(array0.get(0), 1)
   t.compare(array0.get(1), 2)
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ export const testObserveMapDelete = tc => {
 export const testObserveArray = tc => {
   const { testConnector, array0, array1 } = init(tc, { users: 2 })
   array0.insert(0, ['A','B','C'])
-  const link0 = /** @type {Y.WeakLink<String>} */ (array0.link(1))
+  const link0 = /** @type {Y.WeakLink<String>} */ (array0.quote(1))
   array0.insert(0, [link0])
   /**
    * @type {any}
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ export const testDeepObserveMap = tc => {
 
   const nested = new Y.Map()
   array.insert(0, [nested])
-  const link = array.link(0)
+  const link = array.quote(0)
   map.set('link', link)
 
   // update entry in linked map
@@ -468,9 +468,9 @@ export const testDeepObserveRecursive = tc => {
   root.insert(1, [m1])
   root.insert(2, [m2])
 
-  const l0 = root.link(0)
-  const l1 = root.link(1)
-  const l2 = root.link(2)
+  const l0 = root.quote(0)
+  const l1 = root.quote(1)
+  const l2 = root.quote(2)
 
   // create cyclic reference between links
   m0.set('k1', l1)