diff --git a/kitty/conf/types.py b/kitty/conf/types.py
index 3a7a62955..5b89005df 100644
--- a/kitty/conf/types.py
+++ b/kitty/conf/types.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def remove_markup(text: str) -> str:
             return f'{t} <{url}>'
         if m.group(1) == 'doc':
             t, q = extract(m)
-            return f'{t} <{website_url(q.lstrip("/"))}>'
+            return f'{t} <{website_url(q)}>'
         if m.group(1) in ('term', 'option'):
             t, _ = extract(m)
             return t
diff --git a/kitty/constants.py b/kitty/constants.py
index 521c22cf5..d1f9a2318 100644
--- a/kitty/constants.py
+++ b/kitty/constants.py
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ def website_url(doc_name: str = '', website: str = 'https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/ki
         if base:
             base += '/'
         doc_name = base + (f'#{frag}' if frag else '')
-    return website + doc_name
+    return website + doc_name.lstrip('/')
 
 
 handled_signals: Set[int] = set()