diff --git a/.github/scripts/get-readmes.sh b/.github/scripts/get-readmes.sh
index 5b04ee067f..2dc855409b 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/get-readmes.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/get-readmes.sh
@@ -154,9 +154,11 @@ LIST_END
     ' <<<"$CONTENT")
   fi
 
-  # Convert relative links to absolute GitHub URLs
+  # Convert relative links to absolute GitHub URLs. Skip fenced code blocks
+  # (lines between ``` markers): the regex can't tell a real markdown link
+  # from code that merely looks like one, e.g. `tokens['x'](req, res)`.
   BASEURL="https://github.com/$org/$repo/blob/HEAD"
-  CONTENT=$(echo "$CONTENT" | sed -E "s|\]\(([^)#/][^):]*)\)|](${BASEURL}/\1)|g")
+  CONTENT=$(echo "$CONTENT" | sed -E "/^\`\`\`/,/^\`\`\`/!s|\]\(([^)#/][^):]*)\)|](${BASEURL}/\1)|g")
 
   # Turn absolute self-links (https://expressjs.com/en/guide/x.html) into internal,
   # language-agnostic paths (/guide/x) so they resolve on this site and get localized
diff --git a/src/content/pages/en/resources/middleware/morgan.mdx b/src/content/pages/en/resources/middleware/morgan.mdx
index 3c447a0423..d75424aabf 100644
--- a/src/content/pages/en/resources/middleware/morgan.mdx
+++ b/src/content/pages/en/resources/middleware/morgan.mdx
@@ -78,10 +78,12 @@ morgan(function (tokens, req, res) {
     tokens.method(req, res),
     tokens.url(req, res),
     tokens.status(req, res),
-    tokens.res(req, res, 'content-length'), '-',
-    tokens['response-time'](https://github.com/expressjs/morgan/blob/HEAD/req, res), 'ms'
-  ].join(' ')
-})
+    tokens.res(req, res, 'content-length'),
+    '-',
+    tokens['response-time'](req, res),
+    'ms',
+  ].join(' ');
+});
 ```
 
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