diff --git a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangeditordocumentprocessor.cpp b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangeditordocumentprocessor.cpp
index 6b0f995ecea..e29f72ae9ef 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangeditordocumentprocessor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangeditordocumentprocessor.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include <cpptools/editordocumenthandle.h>
 
 #include <texteditor/convenience.h>
+#include <texteditor/displaysettings.h>
 #include <texteditor/fontsettings.h>
 #include <texteditor/texteditor.h>
 #include <texteditor/texteditorconstants.h>
@@ -274,6 +275,9 @@ void ClangEditorDocumentProcessor::addDiagnosticToolTipToLayout(uint line,
         = m_diagnosticManager.diagnosticsAt(line, column);
 
     target->addWidget(ClangDiagnosticWidget::create(diagnostics, ClangDiagnosticWidget::ToolTip));
+    auto link = TextEditor::DisplaySettings::createAnnotationSettingsLink();
+    target->addWidget(link);
+    target->setAlignment(link, Qt::AlignRight);
 }
 
 void ClangEditorDocumentProcessor::editorDocumentTimerRestarted()
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.cpp
index 3d2eb5c084f..410283a7f6e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@
 
 #include "displaysettings.h"
 
+#include "texteditorconstants.h"
+
+#include <coreplugin/icore.h>
+#include <utils/tooltip/tooltip.h>
+
+#include <QLabel>
 #include <QSettings>
 #include <QString>
 
@@ -131,7 +137,17 @@ bool DisplaySettings::equals(const DisplaySettings &ds) const
         && m_displayAnnotations == ds.m_displayAnnotations
         && m_annotationAlignment == ds.m_annotationAlignment
         && m_minimalAnnotationContent == ds.m_minimalAnnotationContent
-        ;
+            ;
+}
+
+QLabel *DisplaySettings::createAnnotationSettingsLink()
+{
+    auto *label = new QLabel("<i><a href>Annotation Settings</a></i>", Core::ICore::mainWindow());
+    QObject::connect(label, &QLabel::linkActivated, []() {
+        Utils::ToolTip::hideImmediately();
+        Core::ICore::showOptionsDialog(Constants::TEXT_EDITOR_DISPLAY_SETTINGS);
+    });
+    return label;
 }
 
 } // namespace TextEditor
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.h
index 326f9aad069..41cebc0c6a3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/displaysettings.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 class QSettings;
+class QLabel;
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
 namespace TextEditor {
@@ -72,6 +73,8 @@ public:
     int m_minimalAnnotationContent = 15;
 
     bool equals(const DisplaySettings &ds) const;
+
+    static QLabel *createAnnotationSettingsLink();
 };
 
 inline bool operator==(const DisplaySettings &t1, const DisplaySettings &t2) { return t1.equals(t2); }
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.cpp
index bb58b6659c1..d2990d1f2ac 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include "tabsettings.h"
 #include "textdocument.h"
 #include "textdocumentlayout.h"
+#include "texteditorconstants.h"
 #include "texteditoroverlay.h"
 #include "refactoroverlay.h"
 #include "texteditorsettings.h"
@@ -3291,30 +3292,32 @@ bool TextEditorWidgetPrivate::processAnnotaionTooltipRequest(const QTextBlock &b
         return false;
 
     for (const AnnotationRect &annotationRect : m_annotationRects[block.blockNumber()]) {
-        if (annotationRect.rect.contains(pos)) {
-            auto layout = new QGridLayout;
-            layout->setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);
-            layout->setSpacing(2);
-            annotationRect.mark->addToToolTipLayout(layout);
-            TextMarks marks = blockUserData->marks();
-            if (marks.size() > 1) {
-                QFrame* separator = new QFrame();
-                separator->setFrameShape(QFrame::HLine);
-                layout->addWidget(separator, 2, 0, 1, layout->columnCount());
-                layout->addWidget(new QLabel(tr("Other annotations:")), 3, 0, 1,
-                                  layout->columnCount());
+        if (!annotationRect.rect.contains(pos))
+            continue;
 
-                Utils::sort(marks, [](const TextMark* mark1, const TextMark* mark2){
-                    return mark1->priority() > mark2->priority();
-                });
-                for (const TextMark *mark : Utils::asConst(marks)) {
-                    if (mark != annotationRect.mark)
-                        mark->addToToolTipLayout(layout);
-                }
+        auto layout = new QGridLayout;
+        layout->setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);
+        layout->setSpacing(2);
+        annotationRect.mark->addToToolTipLayout(layout);
+        TextMarks marks = blockUserData->marks();
+        if (marks.size() > 1) {
+            QFrame* separator = new QFrame();
+            separator->setFrameShape(QFrame::HLine);
+            layout->addWidget(separator, layout->rowCount(), 0, 1, -1);
+            layout->addWidget(new QLabel(tr("Other annotations:")), layout->rowCount(), 0, 1, -1);
+
+            Utils::sort(marks, [](const TextMark* mark1, const TextMark* mark2){
+                return mark1->priority() > mark2->priority();
+            });
+            for (const TextMark *mark : Utils::asConst(marks)) {
+                if (mark != annotationRect.mark)
+                    mark->addToToolTipLayout(layout);
             }
-            ToolTip::show(q->mapToGlobal(pos), layout, q);
-            return true;
         }
+        layout->addWidget(DisplaySettings::createAnnotationSettingsLink(),
+                          layout->rowCount(), 0, 1, -1, Qt::AlignRight);
+        ToolTip::show(q->mapToGlobal(pos), layout, q);
+        return true;
     }
     return false;
 }