diff --git a/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html b/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
index f8512c3..fa9a13e 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <!-- layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html -->
-<a href="{{ .Destination | safeURL }}"
-   {{ with .Title }} title="{{ . }}"{{ end }}
+<a href="{{ .Destination | safeURL }}" title="{{ .Text | safeHTML }}"
    {{ if and (strings.HasPrefix .Destination "http") (not (strings.HasPrefix .Destination site.BaseURL)) }}
      target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"
    {{ end }}