diff --git a/lib/platform/github/index.js b/lib/platform/github/index.js
index 6ed4aa0a7eb22c..26e813a294c3d4 100644
--- a/lib/platform/github/index.js
+++ b/lib/platform/github/index.js
@@ -1478,7 +1478,8 @@ function getPrBody(input) {
   const massagedInput = input
     // to be safe, replace all github.com links with renovatebot redirector
     .replace(/href="https?:\/\/github.com\//g, 'href="https://togithub.com/')
-    .replace(/]\(https:\/\/github\.com\//g, '](https://togithub.com/');
+    .replace(/]\(https:\/\/github\.com\//g, '](https://togithub.com/')
+    .replace(/]: https:\/\/github\.com\//g, ']: https://togithub.com/');
   return smartTruncate(massagedInput);
 }