diff --git a/app/helpers/events_helper.rb b/app/helpers/events_helper.rb
index 0bf328e7d19f71f232402aa01689d9b68f18256c..2b33889b46a84d6df1718d9051ca3f438364303c 100644
--- a/app/helpers/events_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/events_helper.rb
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ module EventsHelper
           "#{event.note_target_type} #{truncate event.note_target.to_reference}"
         end
       else
-        link_to event_note_target_path(event) do
+        link_to event_note_target_path(event), title: event.target_title do
           "#{event.note_target_type} #{truncate event.note_target.to_reference}"
         end
       end
diff --git a/app/models/event.rb b/app/models/event.rb
index 17ee48b91a8bad512f976bf48774b251be64d160..b54fbe6f7e87c7ef81ed843b51c1bec65b4b08d8 100644
--- a/app/models/event.rb
+++ b/app/models/event.rb
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class Event < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def target_title
-    target.title if target && target.respond_to?(:title)
+    target.try(:title)
   end
 
   def created?
diff --git a/app/models/note.rb b/app/models/note.rb
index 7e5bdc09a840778724b2b02c1e0c430200d5c32e..55b98557244aaab7fdc5534f01c60bdb09b57ed6 100644
--- a/app/models/note.rb
+++ b/app/models/note.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class Note < ActiveRecord::Base
   delegate :gfm_reference, :local_reference, to: :noteable
   delegate :name, to: :project, prefix: true
   delegate :name, :email, to: :author, prefix: true
+  delegate :title, to: :noteable, allow_nil: true
 
   before_validation :set_award!
 
diff --git a/app/views/events/event/_common.html.haml b/app/views/events/event/_common.html.haml
index c994e3b997de6b85e747f6872837e2e05995bb1c..f9f623cc031a7c092b26f3efbfcebe7d55f38b71 100644
--- a/app/views/events/event/_common.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/events/event/_common.html.haml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     = event_action_name(event)
 
   - if event.target
-    %strong= link_to event.target.reference_link_text, [event.project.namespace.becomes(Namespace), event.project, event.target]
+    %strong= link_to event.target.reference_link_text, [event.project.namespace.becomes(Namespace), event.project, event.target], title: event.target_title
 
   = event_preposition(event)