diff --git a/hypothesis-python/RELEASE.rst b/hypothesis-python/RELEASE.rst
index a0df03ed0c..c7c846f63a 100644
--- a/hypothesis-python/RELEASE.rst
+++ b/hypothesis-python/RELEASE.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 RELEASE_TYPE: patch
 
-This patch fixes :func:`~hypothesis.strategies._internal.types.is_a_new_type`.
+This patch fixes ``hypothesis.strategies._internal.types.is_a_new_type``.
 It was failing on Python ``3.10.0b4``, where ``NewType`` is a function.