Fix a link in `README.rst` (#12495)

* Fix a link in `README.rst`

* newsfile

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst

index 595fb5ff62..8a14401d65 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ We recommend using the demo which starts 3 federated instances running on ports
 
 (to stop, you can use `./demo/stop.sh`)
 
-See the [demo documentation](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/develop/development/demo.html)
+See the `demo documentation <https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/develop/development/demo.html>`_
 for more information.
 
 If you just want to start a single instance of the app and run it directly::
diff --git a/changelog.d/12495.doc b/changelog.d/12495.doc
new file mode 100644

index 0000000000..afa0111675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/12495.doc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a broken link in `README.rst`.