diff --git a/apps/api-extractor-model/src/mixins/ApiNameMixin.ts b/apps/api-extractor-model/src/mixins/ApiNameMixin.ts
index 85fb812c7fe..a1125589bf8 100644
--- a/apps/api-extractor-model/src/mixins/ApiNameMixin.ts
+++ b/apps/api-extractor-model/src/mixins/ApiNameMixin.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ export function ApiNameMixin<TBaseClass extends IApiItemConstructor>(baseClass:
         return JSON.parse(name);
       }
       if (name[0] === '[') {
-        return DeclarationReference.parse(name);
+        // Unwrap the [] and parse the reference
+        return DeclarationReference.parse(name.substr(1, name.length - 2));
       }
       return name;
     }
diff --git a/build-tests/api-documenter-test/etc/api-documenter-test.api.json b/build-tests/api-documenter-test/etc/api-documenter-test.api.json
index b032c01e8d3..f141ce469e5 100644
--- a/build-tests/api-documenter-test/etc/api-documenter-test.api.json
+++ b/build-tests/api-documenter-test/etc/api-documenter-test.api.json
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@
             },
             {
               "kind": "PropertySignature",
-              "canonicalReference": "api-documenter-test!IDocInterface3#[[EcmaSmbols.example]]:member",
+              "canonicalReference": "api-documenter-test!IDocInterface3#[EcmaSmbols.example]:member",
               "docComment": "/**\n * ECMAScript symbol\n */\n",
               "excerptTokens": [
                 {