diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -273,7 +273,8 @@ Links to methods in ScalaDoc comments should be formatted
 `[[Like#this]]`, because `[[this]]` does not work with genjavadoc, and
 IntelliJ warns about `[[#this]]`.
 For further hints on how to disambiguate links in scaladoc comments see
-[this StackOverflow answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/31569861/354132).
+[this StackOverflow answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/31569861/354132),
+though note that this syntax may not correctly render as Javadoc.
 
 The Scaladoc tool needs the `dot` command from the Graphviz software package to be installed to avoid errors. You can disable the diagram generation by adding the flag `-Dakka.scaladoc.diagrams=false`. After installing Graphviz, make sure you add the toolset to the PATH (definitely on Windows).