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Link to docs doesn't work for Span<byte>
Describe the bug
There's an awesome feature that when you display a type, it outputs the type's name and a hyperlink to the docs.
However, if you display the type Span<byte>, the URL isn't correct.
Did this error occur while using dotnet try or online?
- [ ]
dotnet-try - [x] .NET Jupyter Notebook
- [ ] online
What kind of error was it?
- [ ] User Interface (UI): For example the output never displayed
- [ ] Service Error: For example "The service is temporarily unavailable. We are working on it"
- [x] Other:
Screenshots

clicking that hyperlink brings me to:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/System.Span%601%5B%5BSystem.Byte,%20System.Private.CoreLib,%20Version=4.0.0.0,%20Culture=neutral,%20PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e%5D%5D?view=netcore-3.0
Please complete the following:
- OS
- [x] Windows 10
- [ ] macOS
- [ ] Linux (Please specify distro)
- [ ] iOS
- [ ] Android
- Browser
- [x] Chrome
- [ ] Edge
- [ ] Safari
This feature is an example of some of the ideas we have for using custom formatters for specific types. @BillWagner and I discussed expanding this to query docs.microsoft.com in order to more accurately locate the correct documentation.
It is an awesome feature BTW. Looking forward to more innovation in this space.