diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index ebf35a1e2bc10002486d45e3796a4f2f336dca8a..79e518a9122d7f0874f2e593aea141b4be28ef18 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -855,7 +855,8 @@ sub format_ref_marker {
 				$name = $ref;
 			}
 
-			$markers .= " <span class=\"$type\">" . esc_html($name) . "</span>";
+			$markers .= " <span class=\"$type\" title=\"$ref\">" .
+			            esc_html($name) . "</span>";
 		}
 	}