diff --git a/doc/bugs/debwiki_shortcut_creates_buggy_URLs_to_subpages.mdwn b/doc/bugs/debwiki_shortcut_creates_buggy_URLs_to_subpages.mdwn
index c068c4aa1..f83f960ce 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/debwiki_shortcut_creates_buggy_URLs_to_subpages.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/debwiki_shortcut_creates_buggy_URLs_to_subpages.mdwn
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 E.g. [[!debwiki Derivatives/Guidelines]].
 
 Maybe we should use `%S` instead of `%s` in the shortcut definition?
+
+> seems reasonable, [[done]] --[[smcv]]
diff --git a/doc/shortcuts.mdwn b/doc/shortcuts.mdwn
index 753bdb98f..ca529c296 100644
--- a/doc/shortcuts.mdwn
+++ b/doc/shortcuts.mdwn
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ This page controls what shortcut links the wiki supports.
 * [[!shortcut name=debrt url="https://rt.debian.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=%s"]]
 * [[!shortcut name=debss url="http://snapshot.debian.org/package/%s/"]]
   * Usage: `\[[!debss package]]` or `\[[!debss package/version]]`.  See <http://snapshot.debian.org/> for details.
-* [[!shortcut name=debwiki url="https://wiki.debian.org/%s"]]
+* [[!shortcut name=debwiki url="https://wiki.debian.org/%S"]]
 * [[!shortcut name=fdobug url="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=%s" desc="freedesktop.org bug #%s"]]
 * [[!shortcut name=fdolist url="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/%s" desc="%s@lists.freedesktop.org"]]
 * [[!shortcut name=gnomebug url="https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=%s" desc="GNOME bug #%s"]]