diff --git a/docs/releases/1.7.txt b/docs/releases/1.7.txt
index 9df1b666d51..d281b2a3971 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.7.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.7.txt
@@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@ If all you need is to generate valid javascript strings, you can simply use
 ``fix_ampersands`` utils method and template filter
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-The ``django.utils.html.fix_ampersands`` method and the :tfilter:`fix_ampersands`
+The ``django.utils.html.fix_ampersands`` method and the ``fix_ampersands``
 template filter are deprecated, as the escaping of ampersands is already taken care
 of by Django's standard HTML escaping features. Combining this with ``fix_ampersands``
 would either result in double escaping, or, if the output is assumed to be safe,