diff --git a/Documentation/development/commit-message-format.md b/Documentation/development/commit-message-format.md
index a4cb8bcd4b..228bf26464 100644
--- a/Documentation/development/commit-message-format.md
+++ b/Documentation/development/commit-message-format.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ automatically close the issue and add a link to your commit in the issue.
 
 For example, the following line will automatically close issue #1234567:
 
-    Fixes #1234567 | https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/issues/1234567
+    Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/issues/1234567
 
 There is an [alias](#commit_fixes_alias) to simplify this step.
 You can read more about automatic issue closing in the
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ Following is an example of a properly formatted commit message:
     CHANGED: "Wire" lines now optionally include data on the line style,
     width and color if they differ from the default.
 
-    Fixes #594059 | https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/issues/594059
-    Fixes #1405026 | https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/issues/1405026
+    Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/issues/594059
+    Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/issues/1405026
 
 # Git aliases file # {#commit_git_aliases}
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ most recent commit to include the bug report link:
 
 For example, the command below will append a line to the last commit message:
 
-    Fixes #1234567 | https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/issues/1234567
+    Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/issues/1234567
 
 ## 'changelog' alias # {#commit_changelog_alias}
 
diff --git a/helpers/git/fixes_alias b/helpers/git/fixes_alias
index 9a351c51fa..30a5b156c3 100644
--- a/helpers/git/fixes_alias
+++ b/helpers/git/fixes_alias
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 	fixes = "!f() { \
 		COMMIT_MSG=$(git log -1 --format=medium | tail -n +5 | sed -e 's/^    //'); \
-		git commit --amend -m \"${COMMIT_MSG}\n\nFixes #$1 | https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/issues/$1\"; \
+		git commit --amend -m \"${COMMIT_MSG}\n\nFixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/issues/$1\"; \
 	}; f"