diff --git a/editors/code/src/ctx.ts b/editors/code/src/ctx.ts
index 0f2a758db4..234fe6ab02 100644
--- a/editors/code/src/ctx.ts
+++ b/editors/code/src/ctx.ts
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ export class Ctx implements RustAnalyzerExtensionApi {
                 return;
         }
         if (status.message) {
-            statusBar.tooltip.appendText(status.message);
+            statusBar.tooltip.appendMarkdown(status.message);
         }
         if (statusBar.tooltip.value) {
             statusBar.tooltip.appendMarkdown("\n\n---\n\n");