diff --git a/doc/bugs/editing_gitbranch_template_is_really_slow.mdwn b/doc/bugs/editing_gitbranch_template_is_really_slow.mdwn
index 57fdbbf4e..057a50f0c 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/editing_gitbranch_template_is_really_slow.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/editing_gitbranch_template_is_really_slow.mdwn
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ browse=http://git.pseudorandom.co.uk/smcv/ikiwiki.git/shortlog/refs/heads/ready/
 >
 > Previously, if a page like `plugins/trail` contained a conditional like
 >
->     [[!if test="backlink(plugins/goodstuff)" all=no]]
+>     \[[!if test="backlink(plugins/goodstuff)" all=no]]
 >
 > (which it gets via `templates/gitbranch`), then the
 > [[plugins/conditional]] plugin would give `plugins/trail` a dependency on