diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c26abea218..7a88adee0e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 - issue        Remove support for Mozilla Prism
 - issue #11412 Remove PmaAbsoluteUri configuration directive
 - issue #11914 Fix autoloading of phpseclib
+- issue #11880 Fixed rendering of missing extension error
 
 4.5.5.0 (not yet released)
 - issue        Undefined index: is_ajax_request
diff --git a/libraries/Util.php b/libraries/Util.php
index cb3557124b..dce554081f 100644
--- a/libraries/Util.php
+++ b/libraries/Util.php
@@ -432,18 +432,23 @@ class Util
     /**
      * Displays a link to the documentation as an icon
      *
-     * @param string $link   documentation link
-     * @param string $target optional link target
+     * @param string  $link   documentation link
+     * @param string  $target optional link target
+     * @param boolean $bbcode optional flag indicating whether to output bbcode
      *
      * @return string the html link
      *
      * @access public
      */
-    public static function showDocLink($link, $target = 'documentation')
+    public static function showDocLink($link, $target = 'documentation', $bbcode = false)
     {
-        return '<a href="' . $link . '" target="' . $target . '">'
-            . self::getImage('b_help.png', __('Documentation'))
-            . '</a>';
+        if($bbcode){
+            return "[a@$link@$target][dochelpicon][/a]";
+        }else{
+            return '<a href="' . $link . '" target="' . $target . '">'
+                . self::getImage('b_help.png', __('Documentation'))
+                . '</a>';
+        }
     } // end of the 'showDocLink()' function
 
     /**
@@ -549,16 +554,17 @@ class Util
     /**
      * Displays a link to the phpMyAdmin documentation
      *
-     * @param string $page   Page in documentation
-     * @param string $anchor Optional anchor in page
+     * @param string  $page   Page in documentation
+     * @param string  $anchor Optional anchor in page
+     * @param boolean $bbcode Optional flag indicating whether to output bbcode
      *
      * @return string  the html link
      *
      * @access  public
      */
-    public static function showDocu($page, $anchor = '')
+    public static function showDocu($page, $anchor = '', $bbcode = false)
     {
-        return self::showDocLink(self::getDocuLink($page, $anchor));
+        return self::showDocLink(self::getDocuLink($page, $anchor), 'documentation', $bbcode);
     } // end of the 'showDocu()' function
 
     /**
@@ -2180,8 +2186,8 @@ class Util
                 $error_message .= $reported_script_name
                     . ': ' . __('Missing parameter:') . ' '
                     . $param
-                    . self::showDocu('faq', 'faqmissingparameters')
-                    . '<br />';
+                    . self::showDocu('faq', 'faqmissingparameters',true)
+                    . '[br]';
                 $found_error = true;
             }
         }
diff --git a/libraries/sanitizing.lib.php b/libraries/sanitizing.lib.php
index 6b766fbd56..485e092329 100644
--- a/libraries/sanitizing.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/sanitizing.lib.php
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ function PMA_sanitize($message, $escape = false, $safe = false)
         '[/sup]'    => '</sup>',
          // used in common.inc.php:
         '[conferr]' => '<iframe src="show_config_errors.php" />',
+         // used in libraries/Util.php
+        '[dochelpicon]' => PMA\libraries\Util::getImage('b_help.png', __('Documentation')),
     );
 
     $message = strtr($message, $replace_pairs);