diff --git a/dev_tools/docs/nxdl.py b/dev_tools/docs/nxdl.py
index fedfe02785..6c7b092337 100644
--- a/dev_tools/docs/nxdl.py
+++ b/dev_tools/docs/nxdl.py
@@ -672,6 +672,7 @@ def get_first_parent_ref(self, path, tag):
                     + parent_path[pos_of_right_slash + 1 :]
                 )
             return (
-                f":ref:`<{parent_display_name}> <{parent_def_name}{parent_path}-{tag}>`"
+                f"<:abbr:`parent (parent definition: {parent_def_name[1:]}" +
+                f"/{parent_path_segments[-1]})`:ref:`🔗 <{parent_def_name}{parent_path}-{tag}>`>"
             )
         return ""