diff --git a/docs/mission-modeling/advanced-the-merlin-interface.mdx b/docs/mission-modeling/advanced-the-merlin-interface.mdx
index 4e66942..8b280a8 100644
--- a/docs/mission-modeling/advanced-the-merlin-interface.mdx
+++ b/docs/mission-modeling/advanced-the-merlin-interface.mdx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Because mission models are expressed in Java, rather than a custom DSL, Merlin h
 Merlin must instead make inferences about the mission model based on its observable behavior.
 
 Merlin is based on 
-[Blackbird[(https://trs.jpl.nasa.gov/handle/2014/52245),
+[Blackbird](https://trs.jpl.nasa.gov/handle/2014/52245),
 providing Java libraries for defining activities and resources.  
 The codebase has diverged from Blackbird's, but they share the same 
 approach of simulating an activity by executing its Java 
diff --git a/docs/overview/software-design-document.mdx b/docs/overview/software-design-document.mdx
index cb40fac..87b3212 100644
--- a/docs/overview/software-design-document.mdx
+++ b/docs/overview/software-design-document.mdx
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ comprising a mission model. Merlin must instead make inferences about
 the mission model based on its observable behavior.
 
 Merlin is based on 
-[Blackbird[(https://trs.jpl.nasa.gov/handle/2014/52245),
+[Blackbird](https://trs.jpl.nasa.gov/handle/2014/52245),
 providing Java libraries for defining activities and resources.  
 The codebase has diverged from Blackbird's, but they share the same 
 approach of simulating an activity by executing its Java