diff --git a/app/lib/redcarpet/trusted_renderer.rb b/app/lib/redcarpet/trusted_renderer.rb
index 850841135..afb2749f5 100644
--- a/app/lib/redcarpet/trusted_renderer.rb
+++ b/app/lib/redcarpet/trusted_renderer.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module Redcarpet
       }
 
       unless href.starts_with?('/')
-        html_options.merge!(title: new_tab_suffix(title), **external_link_attributes)
+        html_options.merge!(title: new_tab_suffix(content), **external_link_attributes)
       end
 
       content_tag(:a, content, html_options, false)