diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
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@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ Customizing Configuration Settings
 ----------------------------------
 
 Pelican has a plethora of setting; all configurable in file whose
-default name is 'pelicanconf.py.' Please refer to [[the settings
-section][http://docs.getpelican.com/en/3.5.0/settings.html]] in the
+default name is 'pelicanconf.py.' Please refer to `the settings
+section <http://docs.getpelican.com/en/3.5.0/settings.html>`_ in the
 Pelican documentation.
 
 Here is the contents of pelicanconf.py used in the cwi project