diff --git a/docs/publishing.md b/docs/publishing.md
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--- a/docs/publishing.md
+++ b/docs/publishing.md
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ publishes and skill publishing retain their existing category behavior.
 
 Topics remain separate: use `--topics` or the workflow's `topics` input to set
 them, omit the input to preserve existing topics, or use `--topics ""` /
-`clear_topics: true` to clear them. See the [package CLI reference](./cli.md#package-publish-source)
+`clear_topics: true` to clear them. See the [package CLI reference](./cli.md#package-publish-%3Csource%3E)
 and [topic rules](#skill-catalog-metadata).
 
 ### Trusted Publishing for Packages