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@@ -302,6 +302,17 @@ These Reviewed-by, Acked-by, and Tested-by tags should also be amended
 into commits in a MR before it is merged.
 </p>
 
+<p>
+When providing a Reviewed-by, Acked-by, or Tested-by tag in a gitlab MR,
+enclose the tag in backticks:
+</p>
+<pre>
+  `Reviewed-by: Joe Hacker &lt;jhacker@example.com&gt;`</pre>
+<p>
+This is the markdown format for literal, and will prevent gitlab from hiding
+the &lt; and &gt; symbols.
+</p>
+
 <p>
 Review by non-experts is encouraged.  Understanding how someone else
 goes about solving a problem is a great way to learn your way around