diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/users_select.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/users_select.js.coffee
index 4e032ab1ff15d3ea57b6c7c27865d073b2f4dea5..344be811e0dfc82d56717cf987efd2d6aee0eacc 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/users_select.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/users_select.js.coffee
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ class @UsersSelect
               username: ''
               avatar: ''
           $value.html(assigneeTemplate(user))
+
+          $collapsedSidebar
+            .attr('title', user.name)
+            .tooltip('fixTitle')
+
           $collapsedSidebar.html(collapsedAssigneeTemplate(user))
 
 
@@ -63,7 +68,6 @@ class @UsersSelect
         '<% if( avatar ) { %>
         <a class="author_link" href="/u/<%- username %>">
           <img width="24" class="avatar avatar-inline s24" alt="" src="<%- avatar %>">
-          <span class="author">Toni Boehm</span>
         </a>
         <% } else { %>
         <i class="fa fa-user"></i>
diff --git a/app/views/shared/issuable/_sidebar.html.haml b/app/views/shared/issuable/_sidebar.html.haml
index adfab1af53eb3b316952e2067c0330d9faf98b44..e020a7d4d00ccedca7669c011b2008b67041a8ac 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/issuable/_sidebar.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/issuable/_sidebar.html.haml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
     = form_for [@project.namespace.becomes(Namespace), @project, issuable], remote: true, format: :json, html: {class: 'issuable-context-form inline-update js-issuable-update'} do |f|
       .block.assignee
-        .sidebar-collapsed-icon.sidebar-collapsed-user{data: {toggle: "tooltip", placement: "left", container: "body"}, title: (issuable.assignee.to_reference if issuable.assignee)}
+        .sidebar-collapsed-icon.sidebar-collapsed-user{data: {toggle: "tooltip", placement: "left", container: "body"}, title: (issuable.assignee.name if issuable.assignee)}
           - if issuable.assignee
             = link_to_member(@project, issuable.assignee, size: 24)
           - else