diff --git a/docs/releases/v1.6.0-changelog.md b/docs/releases/v1.6.0-changelog.md
index 0308c5fd3d..0532243cbf 100644
--- a/docs/releases/v1.6.0-changelog.md
+++ b/docs/releases/v1.6.0-changelog.md
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@
 - 1fe6823bb5: Updated dependency `eslint-plugin-jest` to `^27.0.0`.
 
   Note that this major update to the Jest plugin contains some breaking changes.
-  This means that some of your tests may start seeing some new lint errors. [Read
-  about them
-  here](https://github.com/jest-community/eslint-plugin-jest/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#2700-2022-08-28).
+  This means that some of your tests may start seeing some new lint errors. [Read about them here](https://github.com/jest-community/eslint-plugin-jest/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#2700-2022-08-28).
 
   These are mostly possible to fix automatically. You can try to run `yarn backstage-cli repo lint --fix` in your repo root to have most or all of them
   corrected.
diff --git a/docs/releases/v1.6.0-next.1-changelog.md b/docs/releases/v1.6.0-next.1-changelog.md
index 3a1dc8f1b7..e749e32c98 100644
--- a/docs/releases/v1.6.0-next.1-changelog.md
+++ b/docs/releases/v1.6.0-next.1-changelog.md
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@
 - 1fe6823bb5: Updated dependency `eslint-plugin-jest` to `^27.0.0`.
 
   Note that this major update to the Jest plugin contains some breaking changes.
-  This means that some of your tests may start seeing some new lint errors. [Read
-  about them
-  here](https://github.com/jest-community/eslint-plugin-jest/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#2700-2022-08-28).
+  This means that some of your tests may start seeing some new lint errors. [Read about them here](https://github.com/jest-community/eslint-plugin-jest/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#2700-2022-08-28).
 
   These are mostly possible to fix automatically. You can try to run `yarn backstage-cli repo lint --fix` in your repo root to have most or all of them
   corrected.
diff --git a/packages/cli/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/cli/CHANGELOG.md
index 804966ba3b..2b784d7093 100644
--- a/packages/cli/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/cli/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1628,9 +1628,7 @@
 - 1fe6823bb5: Updated dependency `eslint-plugin-jest` to `^27.0.0`.
 
   Note that this major update to the Jest plugin contains some breaking changes.
-  This means that some of your tests may start seeing some new lint errors. [Read
-  about them
-  here](https://github.com/jest-community/eslint-plugin-jest/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#2700-2022-08-28).
+  This means that some of your tests may start seeing some new lint errors. [Read about them here](https://github.com/jest-community/eslint-plugin-jest/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#2700-2022-08-28).
 
   These are mostly possible to fix automatically. You can try to run `yarn backstage-cli repo lint --fix` in your repo root to have most or all of them
   corrected.
@@ -1764,9 +1762,7 @@
 - 1fe6823bb5: Updated dependency `eslint-plugin-jest` to `^27.0.0`.
 
   Note that this major update to the Jest plugin contains some breaking changes.
-  This means that some of your tests may start seeing some new lint errors. [Read
-  about them
-  here](https://github.com/jest-community/eslint-plugin-jest/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#2700-2022-08-28).
+  This means that some of your tests may start seeing some new lint errors. [Read about them here](https://github.com/jest-community/eslint-plugin-jest/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#2700-2022-08-28).
 
   These are mostly possible to fix automatically. You can try to run `yarn backstage-cli repo lint --fix` in your repo root to have most or all of them
   corrected.
diff --git a/scripts/verify-links.js b/scripts/verify-links.js
index 26d31ce6f0..cb7385d972 100755
--- a/scripts/verify-links.js
+++ b/scripts/verify-links.js
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ async function verifyFile(filePath, docPages) {
     }
   }
 
-  const multiLineLinks = content.match(/\[[^\]\n]+?\n[^\]\n]*?\]\(/g) || [];
+  const multiLineLinks =
+    content.match(/\[[^\]\n]+?\n[^\]\n]*?(?:\n[^\]\n]*?)?\]\(/g) || [];
   badUrls.push(
     ...multiLineLinks.map(url => ({
       url,