diff --git a/changelogs/internal/newsfragments/1997.clarification b/changelogs/internal/newsfragments/1997.clarification
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb11abe65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/internal/newsfragments/1997.clarification
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix relative URLs when serving the specification with a custom `baseURL`.
diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/proposal-tables.html b/layouts/shortcodes/proposal-tables.html
index 06443909b..6f18a50d6 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/proposal-tables.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/proposal-tables.html
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@
       <td>{{ .title }}</td>
       <td>{{ .created_at }}</td>
       <td>{{ .updated_at }}</td>
-      <td>{{ with $docs_links }}{{ $docs_links }}{{ end }}</td>
-      <td>{{ $authors }}</td>
+      <td>{{ with $docs_links }}{{ $docs_links | safeHTML }}{{ end }}</td>
+      <td>{{ $authors | safeHTML }}</td>
       <td>{{ with .shepherd }}<a href="https://github.com/{{ . }}">@{{ . }}</a>{{ end }}</td>
   </tr>
         {{ end }}