diff --git a/documentation/conf.py b/documentation/conf.py
index a5d7c0cd88..a7cdf415f8 100644
--- a/documentation/conf.py
+++ b/documentation/conf.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ rst_prolog = """
 
 # external links and substitutions
 extlinks = {
-    'cve': ('https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-%s', 'CVE-%s'),
+    'cve': ('https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-%s', 'CVE-'),
     'yocto_home': ('https://www.yoctoproject.org%s', None),
     'yocto_wiki': ('https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki%s', None),
     'yocto_dl': ('https://downloads.yoctoproject.org%s', None),