diff --git a/dev/docs/source/conf.py b/dev/docs/source/conf.py
index a57a123ba..33b417915 100644
--- a/dev/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/dev/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -60,6 +60,6 @@
 
 linkcheck_ignore = ["https://www.paypal.com"]
 
-extlinks = {'issue': ('https://github.com/jmcnamara/XlsxWriter/issues/%s', 'Issue #'),
-            'feature': ('https://github.com/jmcnamara/XlsxWriter/issues/%s', 'Feature Request #'),
-            'pull': ('https://github.com/jmcnamara/XlsxWriter/pull/%s', 'Pull Request #')}
+extlinks = {'issue': ('https://github.com/jmcnamara/XlsxWriter/issues/%s', 'Issue %s'),
+            'feature': ('https://github.com/jmcnamara/XlsxWriter/issues/%s', 'Feature Request %s'),
+            'pull': ('https://github.com/jmcnamara/XlsxWriter/pull/%s', 'Pull Request %s')}