diff --git a/docs/ldml/tr35-messageFormat.md b/docs/ldml/tr35-messageFormat.md
index 35b0025bd27..48e87d14bd9 100644
--- a/docs/ldml/tr35-messageFormat.md
+++ b/docs/ldml/tr35-messageFormat.md
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ The specification will be included in this page prior to release.
 
 In the interim, the current draft specification may be accessed at:
 
-<https://github.com/unicode-org/message-format-wg/blob/LDML45-alpha/spec/README.md>
+In the interim, access the
+<a href="https://github.com/unicode-org/message-format-wg/blob/LDML45-alpha/spec/README.md">current draft specification</a>.
 
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