diff --git a/nexus/src/app/instance.rs b/nexus/src/app/instance.rs
index 546c2dbaa6e..cc29ac745dc 100644
--- a/nexus/src/app/instance.rs
+++ b/nexus/src/app/instance.rs
@@ -1867,7 +1867,7 @@ impl super::Nexus {
     }
 }
 
-/// [`Nexus::notify_instance_updated`] (~~Taylor~~ background task's version)
+/// `Nexus::notify_instance_updated` (~~Taylor~~ background task's version)
 pub(crate) async fn notify_instance_updated_background(
     datastore: &DataStore,
     opctx: &OpContext,