diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index ebe9b43b..255061a9 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ smartquotes = False
 
 # Quickly link to issues or PRs using :issue:`...` or :pull:`...`
 extlinks = {
-    "issue": ("https://github.com/polybar/polybar/issues/%s", "#%s"),
-    "pull": ("https://github.com/polybar/polybar/pull/%s", "PR #%s"),
+    "issue": ("https://github.com/polybar/polybar/issues/%s", "#"),
+    "pull": ("https://github.com/polybar/polybar/pull/%s", "PR #"),
 }
 
 extlinks_detect_hardcoded_links = True
diff --git a/doc/user/modules/tray.rst b/doc/user/modules/tray.rst
index 5ec4e5f3..9a6314f7 100644
--- a/doc/user/modules/tray.rst
+++ b/doc/user/modules/tray.rst
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ Settings
   .. note::
     This only affects the color of the individual icons and not the space in
     between, changing this setting to anything else than the bar background
-    will likely not look good.
+    will likely not look good unless the background color is also changed for
+    the rest of the tray module (e.g. with ``format-background``).
 
   :type: |type-color|
   :default: ``${root.background}``