diff --git a/doc/design/external_special_remote_protocol.mdwn b/doc/design/external_special_remote_protocol.mdwn
index 665687f5be..d4bf6bcf3d 100644
--- a/doc/design/external_special_remote_protocol.mdwn
+++ b/doc/design/external_special_remote_protocol.mdwn
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ The two protocol versions are actually identical.
 
 Old versions of git-annex that supported only `VERSION 1`
 had a bug in their implementation of the 
-part of the protocol documented in the[[export_and_import_appendix]].
+part of the protocol documented in the [[export_and_import_appendix]].
 The bug could result in ontent being exported to the wrong file.
 External special remotes that implement that should use `VERSION 2` to
 avoid talking to the buggy old version of git-annex.