diff --git a/nbdev/doclinks.py b/nbdev/doclinks.py
index 6eceec59..2f3baa8a 100644
--- a/nbdev/doclinks.py
+++ b/nbdev/doclinks.py
@@ -236,12 +236,13 @@ def code(self, sym):
         _,py,gh = res
         line = _lineno(sym, py)
         return f'{gh}#L{line}'
-
+    
     def _link_sym(self, m):
         l = m.group(1)
         s = self.doc(l)
         if s is None: return m.group(0)
         l = l.replace('\\', r'\\')
+        if m.group(0).endswith('()`'): l += '()'
         return rf"[`{l}`]({s})"
 
     def link_line(self, l): return _re_backticks.sub(self._link_sym, l)
diff --git a/nbs/api/05_doclinks.ipynb b/nbs/api/05_doclinks.ipynb
index 458d2d2b..9aead880 100644
--- a/nbs/api/05_doclinks.ipynb
+++ b/nbs/api/05_doclinks.ipynb
@@ -485,7 +485,12 @@
     "test_eq(_re_backticks.findall('no match'), [])\n",
     "test_eq(_re_backticks.findall('`weird``thing`'), ['weird', 'thing'])\n",
     "test_eq(_re_backticks.findall('`spaces not allowed `'), [])\n",
-    "test_eq(_re_backticks.findall('`sym.with.dots`'), ['sym.with.dots'])"
+    "test_eq(_re_backticks.findall('`sym.with.dots`'), ['sym.with.dots'])\n",
+    "test_eq(_re_backticks.findall('unicode `αβγ`'), ['αβγ'])\n",
+    "test_eq(_re_backticks.findall('long `extremely.long.module.name.with.many.dots.function`'), \n",
+    "        ['extremely.long.module.name.with.many.dots.function'])\n",
+    "test_eq(_re_backticks.findall('special chars `foo[bar]` `foo$bar`'), ['foo[bar]', 'foo$bar'])\n",
+    "test_eq(_re_backticks.findall('consecutive `foo``bar``baz`'), ['foo', 'bar', 'baz'])"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -533,12 +538,13 @@
     "        _,py,gh = res\n",
     "        line = _lineno(sym, py)\n",
     "        return f'{gh}#L{line}'\n",
-    "\n",
+    "    \n",
     "    def _link_sym(self, m):\n",
     "        l = m.group(1)\n",
     "        s = self.doc(l)\n",
     "        if s is None: return m.group(0)\n",
     "        l = l.replace('\\\\', r'\\\\')\n",
+    "        if m.group(0).endswith('()`'): l += '()'\n",
     "        return rf\"[`{l}`]({s})\"\n",
     "\n",
     "    def link_line(self, l): return _re_backticks.sub(self._link_sym, l)\n",
@@ -565,14 +571,6 @@
    "execution_count": null,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
-    {
-     "name": "stderr",
-     "output_type": "stream",
-     "text": [
-      "/home/nathan/miniconda3/envs/main/lib/python3.11/site-packages/tqdm/auto.py:21: TqdmWarning: IProgress not found. Please update jupyter and ipywidgets. See https://ipywidgets.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user_install.html\n",
-      "  from .autonotebook import tqdm as notebook_tqdm\n"
-     ]
-    },
     {
      "data": {
       "text/plain": [
@@ -664,6 +662,7 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "assert c.doc('numpy.array').startswith('http')\n",
+    "assert not c.doc('numpy.Array')\n",
     "assert c.doc('NbdevLookup').endswith('#nbdevlookup')\n",
     "assert not c.doc('array')"
    ]
@@ -804,7 +803,7 @@
      "name": "stdout",
      "output_type": "stream",
      "text": [
-      "This is a link to [`numpy.array`](https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.array.html#numpy.array) and to [`get_config`](https://nbdev.fast.ai/api/config.html#get_config) but not a link to `foobar`.\n",
+      "This is a link to [`numpy.array`](https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.array.html#numpy.array) and to [`get_config()`](https://nbdev.fast.ai/api/config.html#get_config) but not a link to `foobar`.\n",
       "And not a link to <code>dict2nb</code>.\n",
       "\n",
       "    This is not a link to `get_config`\n",
@@ -820,6 +819,20 @@
     "print(NbdevLookup('nbdev').linkify(md))"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "# Test code blocks\n",
+    "md = \"\"\"```python\n",
+    "def foo():\n",
+    "    return `bar`\n",
+    "```\"\"\"\n",
+    "assert NbdevLookup().linkify(md) == md"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},