diff --git a/src/GitReleaseManager.Core/Provider/IVcsProvider.cs b/src/GitReleaseManager.Core/Provider/IVcsProvider.cs
index 32616f38..21893b63 100644
--- a/src/GitReleaseManager.Core/Provider/IVcsProvider.cs
+++ b/src/GitReleaseManager.Core/Provider/IVcsProvider.cs
@@ -45,5 +45,7 @@ public interface IVcsProvider
         Task UpdateReleaseAsync(string owner, string repository, Release release);
 
         RateLimit GetRateLimit();
+
+        string GetMiletoneUrlQueryString();
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/GitReleaseManager.Core/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotesBuilder.cs b/src/GitReleaseManager.Core/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotesBuilder.cs
index 3f8c7d50..e3df9bcf 100644
--- a/src/GitReleaseManager.Core/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotesBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/GitReleaseManager.Core/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotesBuilder.cs
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ public async Task<string> BuildReleaseNotesAsync(string user, string repository,
 
             var issuesDict = GetIssuesDict(issues);
 
+            var milestoneUrlQueryString = _vcsProvider.GetMiletoneUrlQueryString();
+
             var templateModel = new
             {
                 Issues = new
@@ -84,6 +86,7 @@ public async Task<string> BuildReleaseNotesAsync(string user, string repository,
                 {
                     Target = _targetMilestone,
                     Previous = previousMilestone,
+                    UrlQueryString = milestoneUrlQueryString,
                 },
                 IssueLabels = issuesDict.Keys.ToList(),
             };
diff --git a/src/GitReleaseManager.Core/Templates/default/release-info.sbn b/src/GitReleaseManager.Core/Templates/default/release-info.sbn
index 6a1084a5..1fbd615e 100644
--- a/src/GitReleaseManager.Core/Templates/default/release-info.sbn
+++ b/src/GitReleaseManager.Core/Templates/default/release-info.sbn
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {{
     if issues.count > 0
         if commits.count > 0
-}}As part of this release we had [{{ commits.count }} {{ commits.count | string.pluralize "commit" "commits" }}]({{ commits.html_url }}) which resulted in [{{ issues.count }} {{ issues.count | string.pluralize "issue" "issues" }}]({{ milestone.target.html_url }}?closed=1) being closed.
+}}As part of this release we had [{{ commits.count }} {{ commits.count | string.pluralize "commit" "commits" }}]({{ commits.html_url }}) which resulted in [{{ issues.count }} {{ issues.count | string.pluralize "issue" "issues" }}]({{ milestone.target.html_url }}?{{ milestone.url_query_string }}) being closed.
 {{      else
-}}As part of this release we had [{{ issues.count }} {{ issues.count | string.pluralize "issue" "issues" }}]({{ milestone.target.html_url }}?closed=1) closed.
+}}As part of this release we had [{{ issues.count }} {{ issues.count | string.pluralize "issue" "issues" }}]({{ milestone.target.html_url }}?{{ milestone.url_query_string }}) closed.
 {{      end
     else if commits.count > 0
 }}As part of this release we had [{{ commits.count }} {{ commits.count | string.pluralize "commit" "commits" }}]({{ commits.html_url }}).
diff --git a/src/GitReleaseManager.Tests/ReleaseNotesBuilderTests.cs b/src/GitReleaseManager.Tests/ReleaseNotesBuilderTests.cs
index 2591ba57..782ac037 100644
--- a/src/GitReleaseManager.Tests/ReleaseNotesBuilderTests.cs
+++ b/src/GitReleaseManager.Tests/ReleaseNotesBuilderTests.cs
@@ -237,6 +237,9 @@ private static void AcceptTest(int commits, Config config, Milestone milestone,
             vcsProvider.GetMilestonesAsync(owner, repository, Arg.Any<ItemStateFilter>())
                 .Returns(Task.FromResult((IEnumerable<Milestone>)vcsService.Milestones));
 
+            vcsProvider.GetMiletoneUrlQueryString()
+                .Returns("closed=1");
+
             var builder = new ReleaseNotesBuilder(vcsProvider, logger, fileSystem, configuration, new TemplateFactory(fileSystem, configuration, TemplateKind.Create));
             var notes = builder.BuildReleaseNotesAsync(owner, repository, milestone.Title, ReleaseTemplates.DEFAULT_NAME).Result;