diff --git a/gr-task-plugin/gr-task-plugin-tasks.js b/gr-task-plugin/gr-task-plugin-tasks.js
index 0f89fb6..c4432c3 100644
--- a/gr-task-plugin/gr-task-plugin-tasks.js
+++ b/gr-task-plugin/gr-task-plugin-tasks.js
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@
         type: String,
         notify: true,
       },
+
+      config: {
+        type: Object,
+        value() { return {}; },
+      },
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/gr-task-plugin/gr-task-plugin-tasks_html.js b/gr-task-plugin/gr-task-plugin-tasks_html.js
index 9122a9d..510c534 100644
--- a/gr-task-plugin/gr-task-plugin-tasks_html.js
+++ b/gr-task-plugin/gr-task-plugin-tasks_html.js
@@ -55,7 +55,13 @@
           [[task.name]]
         </template>
       </template>
-      <template is="dom-if" if="[[task.hint]]">[[task.hint]]</template>
+      <template is="dom-if" if="[[task.hint]]">
+        <gr-linked-text style="display: -webkit-inline-box;"
+          pre=""
+          content="[[task.hint]]"
+          config="[[config]]">
+        </gr-linked-text>
+      </template>
     </li>
   </template>
   <ul style="list-style-type:none; margin: 0 0 0 0; padding: 0 0 0 2em;">