diff --git a/app/views/projects/issues/_issue.html.haml b/app/views/projects/issues/_issue.html.haml
index 821ed8dddf7d07c6dc3861c6fe1f5e3cecee7956..1b45bb1af0c722adf5d293f5e3d7b142e469e160 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/issues/_issue.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/issues/_issue.html.haml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
             = 0
 
     .issue-info
-      = "##{issue.iid} opened #{time_ago_with_tooltip(issue.created_at, placement: 'bottom')} by #{link_to_member(@project, issue.author, avatar: false)}".html_safe
+      = "#{issue.to_reference} opened #{time_ago_with_tooltip(issue.created_at, placement: 'bottom')} by #{link_to_member(@project, issue.author, avatar: false)}".html_safe
       - if issue.votes_count > 0
         = render 'votes/votes_inline', votable: issue
       - if issue.milestone