diff --git a/src/libstd/io/error.rs b/src/libstd/io/error.rs
index 773f9ac6a12a7..121eeae9e4811 100644
--- a/src/libstd/io/error.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/io/error.rs
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ use option::Option::{self, Some, None};
 use result;
 use sys;
 
-/// A specialized [`Result`][result] type for I/O operations.
-///
-/// [result]: ../result/enum.Result.html
+/// A specialized [`Result`](../result/enum.Result.html) type for I/O 
+/// operations.
 ///
 /// This type is broadly used across `std::io` for any operation which may
 /// produce an error.