diff --git a/crates/ruff_dev/src/generate_docs.rs b/crates/ruff_dev/src/generate_docs.rs
index 309a61a459fcb8..009873538c82db 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_dev/src/generate_docs.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff_dev/src/generate_docs.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ fn process_documentation(documentation: &str, out: &mut String, rule_name: &str)
     // a non-CommonMark-compliant Markdown parser, which doesn't support code
     // tags in link definitions
     // (see https://github.com/Python-Markdown/markdown/issues/280).
-    let documentation = Regex::new(r"\[`([^`]*?)`]($|[^\[])").unwrap().replace_all(
+    let documentation = Regex::new(r"\[`([^`]*?)`]($|[^\[\(])").unwrap().replace_all(
         documentation,
         |caps: &Captures| {
             format!(
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ mod tests {
         process_documentation(
             "
 See also [`lint.mccabe.max-complexity`] and [`lint.task-tags`].
-Something [`else`][other].
+Something [`else`][other]. Some [link](https://example.com).
 
 ## Options
 
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ Something [`else`][other].
             output,
             "
 See also [`lint.mccabe.max-complexity`][lint.mccabe.max-complexity] and [`lint.task-tags`][lint.task-tags].
-Something [`else`][other].
+Something [`else`][other]. Some [link](https://example.com).
 
 ## Options