diff --git a/app/views/help/markdown.html.haml b/app/views/help/markdown.html.haml
index 15ad4a5b..2086b08c 100644
--- a/app/views/help/markdown.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/help/markdown.html.haml
@@ -88,14 +88,13 @@
         for commits
 
     -# this example will only be shown if the user has a project with at least one issue
-    - if project = current_user.projects.first
-      - if issue = project.issues.first
-        %p For example in your #{link_to project.name, project_path(project)} project something like
+    - if @project = current_user.projects.first
+      - if issue = @project.issues.first
+        %p For example in your #{link_to @project.name, project_path(@project)} project, writing:
         %pre= "This is related to ##{issue.id}. @#{current_user.name} is working on solving it."
-        %p becomes
-        = markdown "This is related to ##{issue.id}. @#{current_user.name} is working on solving it."
-
-
+        %p becomes:
+        %pre= gfm "This is related to ##{issue.id}. @#{current_user.name} is working on solving it."
+      - @project = nil # Prevent this from bubbling up to page title
 
   .span4.right
     .alert.alert-info