# Non-hyperlink in method docstring (Documentor.jl issue?)

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/non-hyperlink-in-method-docstring-documentor-jl-issue/101803>\
**Category:** Package Management\
**Tags:** documentation\
**Created:** [July 19, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/non-hyperlink-in-method-docstring-documentor-jl-issue/101803 "2023-07-19T20:52:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![bensetterholm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bensetterholm/32/12792_2.png) [@bensetterholm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bensetterholm)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/non-hyperlink-in-method-docstring-documentor-jl-issue/101803/1 "2023-07-19T20:52:16Z")

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I have a particular case where I would like to include some text in square brackets followed by a parenthetical statement within a custom type’s docstring. Something along the lines of:

```julia
"""
    foo

# Fields:
- `bar`: explanation [units] (parenthetical text)
- `baz`: explanation [[units]] (parenthetical text)
"""
struct foo
    bar
    baz
end

```

If I run the above code, the docstring parser will drop the square brackets and for `bar` and keep only one set of them for `baz` (the latter is the intended output behavior). If I try to escape the square brackets with a backslash instead, there is a parsing error, so the only solution I could think of to get to work was the double square brackets. However, if I now auto-generate docs with Documentor.jl, I get a warning message in terminal and see that the HTML docs interpret the square bracket followed by round brackets with an attempted hyperlink. How do I get the fields to show up the way I intend both in the REPL help text and in Documentor.jl? (Or is this a bug I should file?)