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@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ What's new in psycopg 2.9
 What's new in psycopg 2.8.7
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-- Accept empty params as `~psycopg2.connect()` (:ticket:`#1250).
+- Accept empty params as `~psycopg2.connect()` (:ticket:`#1250`).
 - Fix attributes refcount in `Column` initialisation (:ticket:`#1252`).