diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
index 5b3ac10..acd51a0 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ The AUTHORS/Contributors are (and/or have been):
 * Edward Ross <gh: EdwardJRoss>
 * Gregory Anders <gh: gpanders>
 * Alex Vandiver <gh: alexmv>
+* Hugohong258 <gh: Hugohong258>
 
 Maintainer:
 
diff --git a/ChangeLog.rst b/ChangeLog.rst
index 2d96e3b..fbb7e5c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.rst
+++ b/ChangeLog.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Unreleased
+==========
+
+* Clarify that IGNORE_ANCHORS maps to HTML2Text.ignore_links in the usage guide.
+
 2025.4.15
 =========
 ----
diff --git a/docs/usage.md b/docs/usage.md
index 3bef7f8..0e49f64 100644
--- a/docs/usage.md
+++ b/docs/usage.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ simple indications of their function.
     - INLINE_LINKS for formatting images and links
     - PROTECT_LINKS protect from line breaks
     - GOOGLE_LIST_INDENT no of pixels to indent nested lists
-    - IGNORE_ANCHORS
+    - IGNORE_ANCHORS to omit link formatting (set `parser.ignore_links`)
     - IGNORE_IMAGES
     - IMAGES_AS_HTML always generate HTML tags for images; preserves `height`, `width`, `alt` if possible.
     - IMAGES_TO_ALT
@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ To alter any option the procedure is to create a parser with
 `parser = html2text.HTML2Text()` and to set the option on the parser.
 example: `parser.unicode_snob = True` to set the UNICODE_SNOB option.
 
+The `IGNORE_ANCHORS` configuration constant is an exception to this naming
+convention: set `parser.ignore_links = True`, rather than
+`parser.ignore_anchors`, to keep link text without its Markdown link formatting.
+This is also the Python equivalent of the `--ignore-links` command line option.
+
 
 Command line options
 --------------------