diff --git a/.github/acceptance/expected-failures-10.16.6-full.md b/.github/acceptance/expected-failures-10.16.6-full.md
index 034117c..485a03f 100644
--- a/.github/acceptance/expected-failures-10.16.6-full.md
+++ b/.github/acceptance/expected-failures-10.16.6-full.md
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 # Scenarios of ownCloud core 10.16.6's acceptance tests that are expected to fail against this
 # image (full run). run.sh fails the job on any other failure, and on a listed
 # scenario that passes. One entry per line, as in core's own lists:
-# - [apiSuite/file.feature:12](https://github.com/owncloud/core/blob/master/tests/acceptance/features/apiSuite/file.feature#L12)
+# `- [apiSuite/file.feature:12](https://github.com/owncloud/core/blob/master/tests/acceptance/features/apiSuite/file.feature#L12)`
 
 ## CLI
 
 # Found in this repository's CI; they depend on how the image is set up.
+# 10.16-only: this feature is gone from core's master, so its master link is a 404;
+# the scenario is in the v10.16.6 tag.
 - [cliDbConversion/dbConversion.feature:30](https://github.com/owncloud/core/blob/master/tests/acceptance/features/cliDbConversion/dbConversion.feature#L30)
 - [cliMain/configKey.feature:81](https://github.com/owncloud/core/blob/master/tests/acceptance/features/cliMain/configKey.feature#L81)
 - [cliManageApps/appsPath.feature:18](https://github.com/owncloud/core/blob/master/tests/acceptance/features/cliManageApps/appsPath.feature#L18)
diff --git a/.github/acceptance/expected-failures-10.16.6-smoke.md b/.github/acceptance/expected-failures-10.16.6-smoke.md
index 1051f13..9690352 100644
--- a/.github/acceptance/expected-failures-10.16.6-smoke.md
+++ b/.github/acceptance/expected-failures-10.16.6-smoke.md
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 # Scenarios of ownCloud core 10.16.6's acceptance tests that are expected to fail against this
 # image (smoke run). run.sh fails the job on any other failure, and on a listed
 # scenario that passes. One entry per line, as in core's own lists:
-# - [apiSuite/file.feature:12](https://github.com/owncloud/core/blob/master/tests/acceptance/features/apiSuite/file.feature#L12)
+# `- [apiSuite/file.feature:12](https://github.com/owncloud/core/blob/master/tests/acceptance/features/apiSuite/file.feature#L12)`
 
 ## CLI
 
 # Found in this repository's CI; they depend on how the image is set up.
+# 10.16-only: this feature is gone from core's master, so its master link is a 404;
+# the scenario is in the v10.16.6 tag.
 - [cliDbConversion/dbConversion.feature:30](https://github.com/owncloud/core/blob/master/tests/acceptance/features/cliDbConversion/dbConversion.feature#L30)
 - [cliMain/configKey.feature:81](https://github.com/owncloud/core/blob/master/tests/acceptance/features/cliMain/configKey.feature#L81)
 - [cliManageApps/appsPath.feature:18](https://github.com/owncloud/core/blob/master/tests/acceptance/features/cliManageApps/appsPath.feature#L18)
diff --git a/.github/acceptance/expected-failures-11.0.1-full.md b/.github/acceptance/expected-failures-11.0.1-full.md
index 3ba5e8a..cf3b403 100644
--- a/.github/acceptance/expected-failures-11.0.1-full.md
+++ b/.github/acceptance/expected-failures-11.0.1-full.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Scenarios of ownCloud core 11.0.1's acceptance tests that are expected to fail against this
 # image (full run). run.sh fails the job on any other failure, and on a listed
 # scenario that passes. One entry per line, as in core's own lists:
-# - [apiSuite/file.feature:12](https://github.com/owncloud/core/blob/master/tests/acceptance/features/apiSuite/file.feature#L12)
+# `- [apiSuite/file.feature:12](https://github.com/owncloud/core/blob/master/tests/acceptance/features/apiSuite/file.feature#L12)`
 
 ## CLI
 
diff --git a/.github/acceptance/expected-failures-11.0.1-smoke.md b/.github/acceptance/expected-failures-11.0.1-smoke.md
index bf09d3a..20bd661 100644
--- a/.github/acceptance/expected-failures-11.0.1-smoke.md
+++ b/.github/acceptance/expected-failures-11.0.1-smoke.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Scenarios of ownCloud core 11.0.1's acceptance tests that are expected to fail against this
 # image (smoke run). run.sh fails the job on any other failure, and on a listed
 # scenario that passes. One entry per line, as in core's own lists:
-# - [apiSuite/file.feature:12](https://github.com/owncloud/core/blob/master/tests/acceptance/features/apiSuite/file.feature#L12)
+# `- [apiSuite/file.feature:12](https://github.com/owncloud/core/blob/master/tests/acceptance/features/apiSuite/file.feature#L12)`
 
 ## CLI
 
diff --git a/agents.md b/agents.md
index 18b2285..9f0a5ab 100644
--- a/agents.md
+++ b/agents.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ GitHub Actions.
 - `.github/dependabot.yml` — weekly GitHub Actions dependency updates
 - `.renovaterc.json` — Renovate preset for Docker digest updates
 - `.editorconfig` — formatting rules (2-space indent, LF, trailing newline)
+- `mlc_config.json` — markdown-link-check config for the Docker Hub description job; skips links to core's acceptance feature files, which `lint-expected-failures.sh` requires to point at core's master
 - `CHANGELOG.md` — flat, date-based changelog at repo root
 - `LICENSE` — MIT
 
diff --git a/mlc_config.json b/mlc_config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4c8370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlc_config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "ignorePatterns": [
+    {
+      "pattern": "^https://github\\.com/owncloud/core/blob/master/tests/acceptance/features/"
+    }
+  ]
+}