diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index 894d5d04eb8..2238a816166 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/TinyMCE/utils/shouldPasteResources.
 packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/TinyMCE/utils/shouldPasteResources.js
 packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/TinyMCE/utils/types.js
 packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/TinyMCE/utils/useContextMenu.js
+packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/TinyMCE/utils/useLinkTooltips.js
 packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/TinyMCE/utils/useScroll.js
 packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/TinyMCE/utils/useWebViewApi.js
 packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteEditor.js
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f97ad70905d..7b2f71acc84 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/TinyMCE/utils/shouldPasteResources.
 packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/TinyMCE/utils/shouldPasteResources.js
 packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/TinyMCE/utils/types.js
 packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/TinyMCE/utils/useContextMenu.js
+packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/TinyMCE/utils/useLinkTooltips.js
 packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/TinyMCE/utils/useScroll.js
 packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/TinyMCE/utils/useWebViewApi.js
 packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteEditor.js
diff --git a/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/TinyMCE/TinyMCE.tsx b/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/TinyMCE/TinyMCE.tsx
index 6a233248fbc..82d1c9abfb9 100644
--- a/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/TinyMCE/TinyMCE.tsx
+++ b/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/TinyMCE/TinyMCE.tsx
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import markupRenderOptions from '../../utils/markupRenderOptions';
 import { DropHandler } from '../../utils/useDropHandler';
 import Logger from '@joplin/utils/Logger';
 import useWebViewApi from './utils/useWebViewApi';
+import useLinkTooltips from './utils/useLinkTooltips';
 import { focus } from '@joplin/lib/utils/focusHandler';
 const md5 = require('md5');
 const { clipboard } = require('electron');
@@ -363,6 +364,7 @@ const TinyMCE = (props: NoteBodyEditorProps, ref: any) => {
 	}, []);
 
 	useWebViewApi(editor);
+	useLinkTooltips(editor, props.themeId);
 
 	useEffect(() => {
 		const theme = themeStyle(props.themeId);
diff --git a/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/TinyMCE/utils/useLinkTooltips.ts b/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/TinyMCE/utils/useLinkTooltips.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..37654122ac8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/TinyMCE/utils/useLinkTooltips.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+import type { Editor } from 'tinymce';
+import { useEffect } from 'react';
+import { themeStyle } from '@joplin/lib/theme';
+import { _ } from '@joplin/lib/locale';
+import shim from '@joplin/lib/shim';
+
+const useStyles = (editor: Editor|null, themeId: number) => {
+	useEffect(() => {
+		if (!editor) {
+			return () => {};
+		}
+
+		const theme = themeStyle(themeId);
+		const style = document.createElement('style');
+		style.appendChild(document.createTextNode(`
+			@keyframes show-tooltip {
+				0% { opacity: 0; }
+				100% { opacity: 0.8; }
+			}
+			.joplin-link-tooltip {
+				padding-bottom: 10px;
+
+				visibility: hidden;
+				opacity: 0;
+				pointer-events: none;
+
+				display: inline-block;
+				position: fixed;
+
+				transition: 0.2s ease opacity;
+			}
+			.joplin-link-tooltip > div {
+				background-color: ${theme.backgroundColor2};
+				color: ${theme.color2};
+
+				padding: 4px;
+				border-radius: 4px;
+			}
+
+			.joplin-link-tooltip.-visible {
+				visibility: visible;
+				opacity: 0.8;
+			}
+		`));
+		document.head.appendChild(style);
+
+		return () => {
+			style.remove();
+		};
+	}, [editor, themeId]);
+};
+
+const useLinkTooltips = (editor: Editor|null, themeId: number) => {
+	useStyles(editor, themeId);
+
+	useEffect(() => {
+		if (!editor) return () => {};
+
+		const tooltip = document.createElement('div');
+		const tooltipContent = document.createElement('div');
+		tooltip.replaceChildren(tooltipContent);
+		tooltip.ariaLive = 'polite';
+		tooltip.classList.add('joplin-link-tooltip');
+		document.body.appendChild(tooltip);
+
+		let showAtTimeout: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>|null = null;
+		const cancelShowTooltip = () => {
+			if (showAtTimeout) {
+				clearTimeout(showAtTimeout);
+				showAtTimeout = null;
+			}
+		};
+		const showTooltipAt = (x: number, y: number) => {
+			cancelShowTooltip();
+
+			const delay = 700;
+			showAtTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
+				x = Math.max(0, Math.min(window.innerWidth - tooltip.clientWidth, x));
+
+				tooltip.style.left = `${x}px`;
+				tooltip.style.top = `${y}px`;
+				tooltip.classList.add('-visible');
+			}, delay);
+		};
+
+		const hideTooltip = () => {
+			tooltip.classList.remove('-visible');
+			tooltipContent.textContent = '';
+			cancelShowTooltip();
+		};
+
+		const onMouseOver = (event: MouseEvent) => {
+			let element = event.target as HTMLElement;
+			let counter = 0;
+			while (element.tagName !== 'A' || !('href' in element)) {
+				element = element.parentElement;
+				if (!element || counter++ > 5) {
+					return;
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (shim.isMac()) {
+				tooltipContent.textContent = _('cmd+click to open: %s', element.title || element.href);
+			} else {
+				tooltipContent.textContent = _('ctrl+click to open: %s', element.title || element.href);
+			}
+
+			const bbox = element.getBoundingClientRect();
+			const frameBBox = editor.getContentAreaContainer().getBoundingClientRect();
+
+			// Position just below the element.
+			showTooltipAt(
+				bbox.left + bbox.width / 2 + frameBBox.left - tooltip.clientWidth / 2,
+				bbox.top - tooltip.clientHeight + frameBBox.top,
+			);
+
+			const onMouseLeave = () => {
+				hideTooltip();
+				element.removeEventListener('mouseleave', onMouseLeave);
+			};
+			element.addEventListener('mouseleave', onMouseLeave);
+		};
+
+		const clearEventListeners = () => {
+			editor.getDoc().removeEventListener('mouseover', onMouseOver);
+		};
+
+		const rebuildEventListeners = () => {
+			clearEventListeners();
+
+			editor.getDoc().addEventListener('mouseover', onMouseOver, false);
+		};
+		rebuildEventListeners();
+		editor.on('SetContent', rebuildEventListeners);
+		editor.on('keyup', hideTooltip);
+		editor.on('click', hideTooltip);
+
+		return () => {
+			editor.off('SetContent', rebuildEventListeners);
+			tooltip.remove();
+			clearEventListeners();
+		};
+	}, [editor]);
+};
+
+export default useLinkTooltips;