diff --git a/docs/source/whatsnew/version7.rst b/docs/source/whatsnew/version7.rst
index bb1a131..d4ca971 100644
--- a/docs/source/whatsnew/version7.rst
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@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ contributions to this milestone `on github <https://github.com/ipython/ipython/m
 
 Thanks as well to organisations, QuantStack for working on debugger
 compatibility for Xeus_python, and the `D. E. Shaw group
-<https://deshaw.com/>` for sponsoring work on IPython and related libraries.
+<https://deshaw.com/>`__ for sponsoring work on IPython and related libraries.
 
 .. _version 721: