diff --git a/src/gui/qgsexpressionbuilderwidget.cpp b/src/gui/qgsexpressionbuilderwidget.cpp
index 5251058d23d7..34febdcc0886 100644
--- a/src/gui/qgsexpressionbuilderwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/qgsexpressionbuilderwidget.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ QgsExpressionBuilderWidget::QgsExpressionBuilderWidget( QWidget *parent )
   , mProject( QgsProject::instance() )
 {
   setupUi( this );
+
   connect( btnRun, &QToolButton::pressed, this, &QgsExpressionBuilderWidget::btnRun_pressed );
   connect( btnNewFile, &QToolButton::pressed, this, &QgsExpressionBuilderWidget::btnNewFile_pressed );
   connect( cmbFileNames, &QListWidget::currentItemChanged, this, &QgsExpressionBuilderWidget::cmbFileNames_currentItemChanged );
@@ -59,6 +60,8 @@ QgsExpressionBuilderWidget::QgsExpressionBuilderWidget( QWidget *parent )
   connect( lblPreview, &QLabel::linkActivated, this, &QgsExpressionBuilderWidget::lblPreview_linkActivated );
   connect( mValuesListView, &QListView::doubleClicked, this, &QgsExpressionBuilderWidget::mValuesListView_doubleClicked );
 
+  txtHelpText->setOpenExternalLinks( true );
+
   mValueGroupBox->hide();
 //  highlighter = new QgsExpressionHighlighter( txtExpressionString->document() );
 
diff --git a/src/ui/qgsexpressionbuilder.ui b/src/ui/qgsexpressionbuilder.ui
index 480293b0603a..2853727f3174 100644
--- a/src/ui/qgsexpressionbuilder.ui
+++ b/src/ui/qgsexpressionbuilder.ui
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@
                 <number>0</number>
                </property>
                <item>
-                <widget class="QTextEdit" name="txtHelpText">
+                <widget class="QTextBrowser" name="txtHelpText">
                  <property name="readOnly">
                   <bool>true</bool>
                  </property>