diff --git a/src/assets/styles/global.css b/src/assets/styles/global.css
index ab73d35..13848af 100644
--- a/src/assets/styles/global.css
+++ b/src/assets/styles/global.css
@@ -1495,6 +1495,8 @@ body {
   color: #1a5276;
   background-color: rgba(30, 100, 160, 0.08);
   border-color: rgba(30, 100, 160, 0.2);
+  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+  white-space: normal;
 }
 
 .prose .ref-py-release:hover {
diff --git a/src/plugins/remark-python-refs.ts b/src/plugins/remark-python-refs.ts
index 094dbdb..906e2d2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remark-python-refs.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/remark-python-refs.ts
@@ -284,10 +284,17 @@ export default function remarkPythonRefs() {
     visit(tree, "link", (node: Link, index, parent) => {
       if (index == null || !parent) return;
 
-      const label = extractText(node.children);
-      const info = classify(node.url, label);
+      const rawLabel = extractText(node.children);
+      const info = classify(node.url, rawLabel);
       if (!info) return;
 
+      // For autolinked bare URLs, drop the protocol, leading "www.",
+      // and trailing slash so the badge reads "python.org/downloads/..."
+      // rather than the full "https://www.python.org/.../" form.
+      const label = rawLabel.startsWith("http")
+        ? rawLabel.replace(/^https?:\/\/(?:www\.)?/i, "").replace(/\/$/, "")
+        : rawLabel;
+
       collectRef(info.type, label, node.url);
       const html = buildBadgeHtml({ ...info, label, url: node.url });