diff --git a/assets/files/works.bib b/assets/files/works.bib
index 391661caa..d3bd14cde 100644
--- a/assets/files/works.bib
+++ b/assets/files/works.bib
@@ -52,6 +52,17 @@
     volume = {1},
 }
 
+@book{DBLP:books/lib/Knuth86a,
+  author       = {Donald Ervin Knuth},
+  title        = {Computer modern typefaces},
+  publisher    = {Addison-Wesley},
+  year         = {1986},
+  url          = {https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13157596},
+  isbn         = {0201134462},
+  timestamp    = {Fri, 17 Jul 2020 16:12:40 +0200},
+  biburl       = {https://dblp.org/rec/books/lib/Knuth86a.bib},
+  bibsource    = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org}
+}
 
 @article{sharing,
 	title = {Do sharing people behave differently? An empirical evaluation of the distinctive mobility patterns of free-floating car-sharing members},
diff --git a/crates/typst/src/model/cite.rs b/crates/typst/src/model/cite.rs
index 0e38b1bd0..e61056e82 100644
--- a/crates/typst/src/model/cite.rs
+++ b/crates/typst/src/model/cite.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ use crate::text::{Lang, Region, TextElem};
 /// #bibliography("works.bib")
 /// ```
 ///
+/// If your source name contains certain characters such as slashes, which are
+/// not recognized by the `<>` syntax, you can explicitly call `label` instead.
+///
+/// ```typ
+/// Computer Modern is an example of a modernist serif typeface.
+/// #cite(label("DBLP:books/lib/Knuth86a")).
+/// >>> #bibliography("works.bib")
+/// ```
+///
 /// # Syntax
 /// This function indirectly has dedicated syntax. [References]($ref) can be
 /// used to cite works from the bibliography. The label then corresponds to the
diff --git a/tests/ref/meta/bibliography-full.png b/tests/ref/meta/bibliography-full.png
index 2ccccf545..4d3241520 100644
Binary files a/tests/ref/meta/bibliography-full.png and b/tests/ref/meta/bibliography-full.png differ
diff --git a/tests/typ/meta/bibliography-full.typ b/tests/typ/meta/bibliography-full.typ
index f67909b4c..cebe7e0d9 100644
--- a/tests/typ/meta/bibliography-full.typ
+++ b/tests/typ/meta/bibliography-full.typ
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Test the full bibliography.
 
 ---
-#set page(paper: "a6", height: 160mm)
+#set page(paper: "a6", height: 170mm)
 #bibliography("/files/works.bib", full: true)
diff --git a/tests/typ/meta/bibliography.typ b/tests/typ/meta/bibliography.typ
index ec90a96ae..0ce4b7f73 100644
--- a/tests/typ/meta/bibliography.typ
+++ b/tests/typ/meta/bibliography.typ
@@ -40,5 +40,5 @@ Now we have multiple bibliographies containing @glacier-melt @keshav2007read
 #bibliography("/files/works.bib")
 
 ---
-// Error: 15-55 duplicate bibliography keys: netwok, issue201, arrgh, quark, distress, glacier-melt, tolkien54, sharing, restful, mcintosh_anxiety, psychology25
+// Error: 15-55 duplicate bibliography keys: netwok, issue201, arrgh, quark, distress, glacier-melt, tolkien54, DBLP:books/lib/Knuth86a, sharing, restful, mcintosh_anxiety, psychology25
 #bibliography(("/files/works.bib", "/files/works.bib"))