diff --git a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/triagebot.toml b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/triagebot.toml
index 56fab16a085b..d67ecbcc7cc3 100644
--- a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/triagebot.toml
+++ b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/triagebot.toml
@@ -59,7 +59,10 @@ allow-unauthenticated = [
 # Documentation at: https://forge.rust-lang.org/triagebot/no-mentions.html
 [no-mentions]
 
-[canonicalize-issue-links]
+# Canonicalize issue numbers to avoid closing the wrong issue
+# when commits are included in subtrees, as well as warning links in commits.
+# Documentation at: https://forge.rust-lang.org/triagebot/issue-links.html
+[issue-links]
 
 # Automatically close and reopen PRs made by bots to run CI on them
 [bot-pull-requests]