diff --git a/changelog.d/2608.change.rst b/changelog.d/2608.change.rst
index d469f15e2e..f966649ae7 100644
--- a/changelog.d/2608.change.rst
+++ b/changelog.d/2608.change.rst
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 Added informative error message to PEP 517 build failures owing to
-an empty ``setup.py`` -- by :user:layday
+an empty ``setup.py`` -- by :user:`layday`