diff --git a/newsfragments/298.bugfix.rst b/newsfragments/298.bugfix.rst
index eeb10466bf..a357d34f25 100644
--- a/newsfragments/298.bugfix.rst
+++ b/newsfragments/298.bugfix.rst
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Fix cross-platform compilation using `distutils._msvccompiler.MSVCCompiler` -- by :user:`saschanaz` and :user:`Avasam` 
+Fix cross-platform compilation using ``distutils._msvccompiler.MSVCCompiler`` -- by :user:`saschanaz` and :user:`Avasam`