diff --git a/doc/texi2pod.pl b/doc/texi2pod.pl
index 6cf78d889c..8fabac6d9a 100755
--- a/doc/texi2pod.pl
+++ b/doc/texi2pod.pl
@@ -377,8 +377,8 @@ sub postprocess
     s/\(?\@xref\{(?:[^\}]*)\}(?:[^.<]|(?:<[^<>]*>))*\.\)?//g;
     s/\s+\(\@pxref\{(?:[^\}]*)\}\)//g;
     s/;\s+\@pxref\{(?:[^\}]*)\}//g;
-    s/\@ref\{(?:[^,\}]*,)(?:[^,\}]*,)([^,\}]*).*\}/$1/g;
-    s/\@ref\{([^\}]*)\}/$1/g;
+    s/\@ref\{(?:[^,\}]*,)(?:[^,\}]*,)([^,\}]*).*\}/B<$1>/g;
+    s/\@ref\{([^\}]*)\}/B<$1>/g;
     s/\@noindent\s*//g;
     s/\@refill//g;
     s/\@gol//g;