diff --git a/src/components/NoteItem.test.tsx b/src/components/NoteItem.test.tsx
index fd3d19d8..af196441 100644
--- a/src/components/NoteItem.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/NoteItem.test.tsx
@@ -240,11 +240,47 @@ describe('NoteItem', () => {
     )
 
     const chip = screen.getByTestId('property-chip-topics-0')
-    expect(chip).toHaveTextContent('Ai')
+    expect(chip).toHaveTextContent('AI')
     expect(chip).toHaveStyle({ color: 'var(--accent-green)', backgroundColor: 'var(--accent-green-light)' })
     expect(chip.querySelector('svg')).not.toBeNull()
   })
 
+  it('preserves exact linked note title formatting in relationship chips', () => {
+    const linkedTopic = makeEntry({
+      path: '/vault/topic/ai-ml.md',
+      filename: 'ai-ml.md',
+      title: 'AI / ML',
+      isA: 'Topic',
+    })
+    const topicType = makeEntry({
+      path: '/vault/type/topic.md',
+      filename: 'topic.md',
+      title: 'Topic',
+      isA: 'Type',
+      color: 'green',
+    })
+    const sourceEntry = makeEntry({
+      path: '/vault/note/source.md',
+      filename: 'source.md',
+      title: 'Source',
+      isA: 'Note',
+      relationships: { Topics: ['[[topic/ai-ml]]'] },
+    })
+
+    render(
+      <NoteItem
+        entry={sourceEntry}
+        isSelected={false}
+        typeEntryMap={{ Topic: topicType }}
+        allEntries={[sourceEntry, linkedTopic, topicType]}
+        displayPropsOverride={['Topics']}
+        onClickNote={vi.fn()}
+      />,
+    )
+
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('property-chip-topics-0')).toHaveTextContent('AI / ML')
+  })
+
   it('opens URL chips on Cmd+click only and keeps regular clicks inert', () => {
     const entry = makeEntry({
       path: '/vault/note/source.md',
diff --git a/src/components/inspector/shared.test.ts b/src/components/inspector/shared.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e35bc11e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/inspector/shared.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { makeEntry } from '../../test-utils/noteListTestUtils'
+import { resolveRefProps } from './shared'
+
+describe('resolveRefProps', () => {
+  it('uses the resolved entry title for relationship labels', () => {
+    const linkedTopic = makeEntry({
+      path: '/vault/topic/ai-ml.md',
+      filename: 'ai-ml.md',
+      title: 'AI / ML',
+      isA: 'Topic',
+    })
+    const topicType = makeEntry({
+      path: '/vault/type/topic.md',
+      filename: 'topic.md',
+      title: 'Topic',
+      isA: 'Type',
+      color: 'green',
+    })
+
+    const props = resolveRefProps('[[topic/ai-ml]]', [linkedTopic, topicType], { Topic: topicType })
+
+    expect(props.label).toBe('AI / ML')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/components/inspector/shared.ts b/src/components/inspector/shared.ts
index 5b24e8e7..7d0b5bfb 100644
--- a/src/components/inspector/shared.ts
+++ b/src/components/inspector/shared.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export function resolveRefProps(ref: string, entries: VaultEntry[], typeEntryMap
   const te = typeEntryMap[refType ?? '']
   const icon = resolved?.icon
   return {
-    label: wikilinkDisplay(ref),
+    label: resolved?.title ?? wikilinkDisplay(ref),
     noteIcon: icon ?? null,
     typeColor: getTypeColor(refType, te?.color),
     bgColor: getTypeLightColor(refType, te?.color),
diff --git a/src/components/note-item/PropertyChips.tsx b/src/components/note-item/PropertyChips.tsx
index c0a2536b..ccf668e1 100644
--- a/src/components/note-item/PropertyChips.tsx
+++ b/src/components/note-item/PropertyChips.tsx
@@ -71,10 +71,9 @@ function resolveRelationshipChip(
   allEntries: VaultEntry[],
   typeEntryMap: Record<string, VaultEntry>,
 ): PropertyChipValue | null {
-  const label = wikilinkDisplay(ref)
-  if (!label) return null
-
   const targetEntry = resolveEntry(allEntries, wikilinkTarget(ref))
+  const label = targetEntry?.title ?? wikilinkDisplay(ref)
+  if (!label) return null
   if (!targetEntry) {
     return {
       label,