diff --git a/staging/xdg-activation/x11-interoperation.rst b/staging/xdg-activation/x11-interoperation.rst
index 36991804bcd0460935c51b9ec1f669c97afaa24e..5ebdd76426e8873eef663ba9aa7db042c08e35c2 100644
--- a/staging/xdg-activation/x11-interoperation.rst
+++ b/staging/xdg-activation/x11-interoperation.rst
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ Interoperation with X11
 
 *This document is non-normative.*
 
-The former X11 startup-notification standard
-(https://cgit.freedesktop.org/startup-notification/tree/doc/startup-notification.txt)
+The former
+`X11 Startup notification protocol <https://cgit.freedesktop.org/startup-notification/tree/doc/startup-notification.txt>`_
 defines the use of the DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID environment variable to propagate
 startup sequences ("activation tokens" in this protocol) between launcher and
 launchee.