diff --git a/doc/dev/git-conventions.md b/doc/dev/git-conventions.md
index d9dffd0ef8c40869986330b7283d3a3023047159..e24449d055b9cca52f1b6c00bcd72652d20c9a90 100644
--- a/doc/dev/git-conventions.md
+++ b/doc/dev/git-conventions.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ The **action** must be a verb in imperative form, the **subject** a noun.
 
 For example, we rename the trait `Foo` to `Fii` in the `toto` module:
 
-    [ref] toto: rename Foo -> Fii
+    ref(toto): rename Foo -> Fii
 
 Commits must be lowercase.