diff --git a/Documentation/asciidoc.conf b/Documentation/asciidoc.conf
index 2da867d2f8..1e735df3bb 100644
--- a/Documentation/asciidoc.conf
+++ b/Documentation/asciidoc.conf
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 # Show GIT link as: <command>(<section>); if section is defined, else just show
 # the command.
 
+[macros]
+(?su)[\\]?(?P<name>linkgit):(?P<target>\S*?)\[(?P<attrlist>.*?)\]=
+
 [attributes]
 asterisk=&#42;
 plus=&#43;