diff --git a/doc/qmdoc.1.md b/doc/qmdoc.1.md
index dddd441..746aa80 100644
--- a/doc/qmdoc.1.md
+++ b/doc/qmdoc.1.md
@@ -390,6 +390,8 @@ creations :
   the text of the link : the text of the link, followed by the section number in
   between parenthesis; E.g: `foobar(1)`
 
+Note that the text of the link will be in bold, even when no link is created.
+
 
 # INTRA LINKS
 
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index a990402..c165f3a 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1023,12 +1023,17 @@ leave_span(MD_SPANTYPE type, void *details, void *ctx_)
                                 || !raw_text(ctx, buf + 1, 1)
                                 || !raw_text(ctx, ".html", 5)
                                 || !raw_str(ctx, "\">")
+                                || !raw_str(ctx, "<strong>")
                                 || !raw_text(ctx, s, l)
+                                || !raw_str(ctx, "</strong>")
                                 || !raw_str(ctx, buf)
                                 || !raw_str(ctx, "</a>"))
                             return ERR_PARSER_ENTER_SPAN;
                     } else {
-                        if (!raw_text(ctx, s, l) || !raw_str(ctx, buf))
+                        if (!raw_str(ctx, "<strong>")
+                                || !raw_text(ctx, s, l)
+                                || !raw_str(ctx, "</strong>")
+                                || !raw_str(ctx, buf))
                             return ERR_PARSER_LEAVE_SPAN;
                     }
                 } else {