diff --git a/src/libs/utils/tooltip/tips.cpp b/src/libs/utils/tooltip/tips.cpp
index ea20c735d80..180b8f960f2 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/tooltip/tips.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/tooltip/tips.cpp
@@ -133,9 +133,13 @@ TextTip::TextTip(QWidget *parent) : TipLabel(parent)
     setWindowOpacity(style()->styleHint(QStyle::SH_ToolTipLabel_Opacity, nullptr, this) / 255.0);
 }
 
-static bool likelyContainsLink(const QString &s)
+static bool likelyContainsLink(const QString &s, const Qt::TextFormat &format)
 {
-    return s.contains(QLatin1String("href"), Qt::CaseInsensitive);
+    if (s.contains(QLatin1String("href"), Qt::CaseInsensitive))
+        return true;
+    if (format == Qt::MarkdownText)
+        return s.contains("](");
+    return false;
 }
 
 void TextTip::setContent(const QVariant &content)
@@ -148,13 +152,13 @@ void TextTip::setContent(const QVariant &content)
         m_format = item.second;
     }
 
-    bool containsLink = likelyContainsLink(m_text);
+    bool containsLink = likelyContainsLink(m_text, m_format);
     setOpenExternalLinks(containsLink);
 }
 
 bool TextTip::isInteractive() const
 {
-    return likelyContainsLink(m_text);
+    return likelyContainsLink(m_text, m_format);
 }
 
 void TextTip::configure(const QPoint &pos)
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/resourcepreviewhoverhandler.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/resourcepreviewhoverhandler.cpp
index 8654b2c35d1..6c282b879cc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/resourcepreviewhoverhandler.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/resourcepreviewhoverhandler.cpp
@@ -181,9 +181,7 @@ QString ResourcePreviewHoverHandler::makeTooltip() const
     const Utils::MimeType mimeType = Utils::mimeTypeForFile(m_resPath);
     if (mimeType.name().startsWith("image", Qt::CaseInsensitive))
         ret += QString("![image](%1)  \n").arg(m_resPath);
-
-    ret += QString("<a href=\"file:///%1\">%2</a>")
-               .arg(m_resPath, QDir::toNativeSeparators(m_resPath));
+    ret += QString("[%1](%2)").arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(m_resPath), m_resPath);
     return ret;
 }