An identity for the complete elliptic integral of the first kind

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On the Wolfram webpage, one can find the following identity for the complete elliptic integal of the first kind $K(z)$:

$$K(z) = \frac{2}{1+\sqrt{1-z}} K\Big( \Big( \frac{1-\sqrt{1-z}}{1+\sqrt{1-z}} \Big)^2 \Big)$$

See http://functions.wolfram.com/EllipticIntegrals/EllipticK/17/01/0007/.

Does anyone have a good reference for this (I checked the DLMF and Abramowitz/Stegun, but did not find anything). Or is there a simple proof that I am missing?

Thanks in advance!