diff --git a/doc/MAKING-RELEASES.md b/doc/MAKING-RELEASES.md
index 210eebf8a..ce4b49ab4 100644
--- a/doc/MAKING-RELEASES.md
+++ b/doc/MAKING-RELEASES.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Here's a checklist for the release process.
    `CHANGELOG.md`.  This does API queries to GitHub, which are severely
    ratelimited unless you use an API token: set the `GH_TOKEN` environment
    variable to a Personal Access Token from https://github.com/settings/tokens
-3. Create a new CHANGELOG.md heading to v<VERSION>-rc1, and create a link at
+3. Create a new CHANGELOG.md heading to `v<VERSION>rc1`, and create a link at
    the bottom. Note that you should exactly copy the date and name format from
    a previous release, as the `build-release.sh` script relies on this.
 4. Create a PR with the above.