diff --git a/xwiki-rendering-api/src/main/java/org/xwiki/rendering/internal/renderer/DefaultWantedLinkTitleGenerator.java b/xwiki-rendering-api/src/main/java/org/xwiki/rendering/internal/renderer/DefaultWantedLinkTitleGenerator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c7e587b82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xwiki-rendering-api/src/main/java/org/xwiki/rendering/internal/renderer/DefaultWantedLinkTitleGenerator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional
+ * information regarding copyright ownership.
+ *
+ * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this software; if not, write to the Free
+ * Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+ * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org.
+ */
+package org.xwiki.rendering.internal.renderer;
+
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
+
+import org.xwiki.component.annotation.Component;
+import org.xwiki.rendering.listener.reference.ResourceReference;
+import org.xwiki.rendering.renderer.reference.link.WantedLinkTitleGenerator;
+
+/**
+ * Generates wanted link titles for resource references.
+ * Using this implementation should be avoided, another implementation should be used instead.
+ * E.g. XWikiDocumentWantedLinkTitleGenerator in xwiki-platform which is used to provide translations.
+ * This implementation is a fallback and should only be used when xwiki-rendering is running by itself.
+ * This implementation uses the reference as the title.
+ * @version $Id$
+ * @since 16.3.0RC1
+ */
+@Component
+@Singleton
+public class DefaultWantedLinkTitleGenerator implements WantedLinkTitleGenerator
+{
+    private static final String DEFAULT_TITLE = "Create resource: %s";
+
+    /**
+     * Generates wanted link titles for resource references.
+     * @param reference the reference for which we want to generate a wanted link title
+     * @return the wanted link title used when rendering a resource reference.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String generateWantedLinkTitle(ResourceReference reference)
+    {
+        return String.format(DEFAULT_TITLE, reference.getReference());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/xwiki-rendering-api/src/main/java/org/xwiki/rendering/renderer/reference/link/WantedLinkTitleGenerator.java b/xwiki-rendering-api/src/main/java/org/xwiki/rendering/renderer/reference/link/WantedLinkTitleGenerator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60750bfe8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xwiki-rendering-api/src/main/java/org/xwiki/rendering/renderer/reference/link/WantedLinkTitleGenerator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional
+ * information regarding copyright ownership.
+ *
+ * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this software; if not, write to the Free
+ * Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+ * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org.
+ */
+package org.xwiki.rendering.renderer.reference.link;
+
+import org.xwiki.component.annotation.Role;
+import org.xwiki.rendering.listener.reference.ResourceReference;
+import org.xwiki.stability.Unstable;
+
+/**
+ * Generate Resource Reference titles for wanted links.
+ * The implementations should be named according to the kind of reference they process.
+ *
+ * @version $Id$
+ * @since 16.3.0RC1
+ */
+@Role
+@Unstable
+public interface WantedLinkTitleGenerator
+{
+    /**
+     * @param reference the reference for which we want to generate a wanted link title
+     * @return the title to display when rendering the resource reference wanted link
+     */
+    String generateWantedLinkTitle(ResourceReference reference);
+}
diff --git a/xwiki-rendering-api/src/main/resources/META-INF/components.txt b/xwiki-rendering-api/src/main/resources/META-INF/components.txt
index 35fe6bb268..ba74f8c394 100644
--- a/xwiki-rendering-api/src/main/resources/META-INF/components.txt
+++ b/xwiki-rendering-api/src/main/resources/META-INF/components.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ org.xwiki.rendering.internal.renderer.DefaultAttachmentURILabelGenerator
 org.xwiki.rendering.internal.renderer.MailtoURILabelGenerator
 org.xwiki.rendering.internal.renderer.DataURILabelGenerator
 org.xwiki.rendering.internal.renderer.DefaultPageAttachmentURILabelGenerator
+org.xwiki.rendering.internal.renderer.DefaultWantedLinkTitleGenerator
 org.xwiki.rendering.internal.renderer.reference.DefaultResourceReferenceTypeSerializer
 org.xwiki.rendering.internal.syntax.SyntaxConverter
 org.xwiki.rendering.internal.syntax.DefaultSyntaxRegistry
diff --git a/xwiki-rendering-integration-tests/src/test/resources/wiki/link/links20.test b/xwiki-rendering-integration-tests/src/test/resources/wiki/link/links20.test
index 1369b09032..709600fd7a 100644
--- a/xwiki-rendering-integration-tests/src/test/resources/wiki/link/links20.test
+++ b/xwiki-rendering-integration-tests/src/test/resources/wiki/link/links20.test
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ endDocument
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
 .expect|xhtml/1.0
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
-<p><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">\</span></a></span></p>
+<p><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: \"><a href="editurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">\</span></a></span></p>
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
 .expect|annotatedxhtml/1.0
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
-<p><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|\\--><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">\</span></a></span><!--stopwikilink--></p>
+<p><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|\\--><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: \"><a href="editurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">\</span></a></span><!--stopwikilink--></p>
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
 .expect|xwiki/2.0
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ endDocument
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
 .input|xhtml/1.0
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
-<p><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|\\--><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">\</span></a></span><!--stopwikilink--></p>
\ No newline at end of file
+<p><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|\\--><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: \"><a href="editurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">\</span></a></span><!--stopwikilink--></p>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xwiki-rendering-integration-tests/src/test/resources/wiki/link/links22.test b/xwiki-rendering-integration-tests/src/test/resources/wiki/link/links22.test
index dd1d428621..304a598ae8 100644
--- a/xwiki-rendering-integration-tests/src/test/resources/wiki/link/links22.test
+++ b/xwiki-rendering-integration-tests/src/test/resources/wiki/link/links22.test
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
 .expect|xhtml/1.0
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
-<p><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl">label</a></span></p>
\ No newline at end of file
+<p><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource:  Spa ce.Pa ge "><a href="editurl">label</a></span></p>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xwiki-rendering-integration-tests/src/test/resources/wiki/link/links3.test b/xwiki-rendering-integration-tests/src/test/resources/wiki/link/links3.test
index 6838c3bf81..9f47b1177d 100644
--- a/xwiki-rendering-integration-tests/src/test/resources/wiki/link/links3.test
+++ b/xwiki-rendering-integration-tests/src/test/resources/wiki/link/links3.test
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ endDocument
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
 .expect|xhtml/1.0
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
-<p><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl">label</a></span></p>
+<p><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: Space.UnknownPage"><a href="editurl">label</a></span></p>
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
 .expect|annotatedxhtml/1.0
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
-<p><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Space.UnknownPage--><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl">label</a></span><!--stopwikilink--></p>
+<p><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Space.UnknownPage--><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: Space.UnknownPage"><a href="editurl">label</a></span><!--stopwikilink--></p>
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
 .expect|xwiki/2.0
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ endDocument
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
 .input|xhtml/1.0
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
-<p><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Space.UnknownPage--><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl">label</a></span><!--stopwikilink--></p>
+<p><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Space.UnknownPage--><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: Space.UnknownPage"><a href="editurl">label</a></span><!--stopwikilink--></p>
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
 .expect|plain/1.0
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/xwiki-rendering-integration-tests/src/test/resources/wiki/link/links6.test b/xwiki-rendering-integration-tests/src/test/resources/wiki/link/links6.test
index 2a281b92f7..0c5adf17e0 100644
--- a/xwiki-rendering-integration-tests/src/test/resources/wiki/link/links6.test
+++ b/xwiki-rendering-integration-tests/src/test/resources/wiki/link/links6.test
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ endDocument
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
 .expect|xhtml/1.0
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
-<p><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">&#123;&#123;macro}}</span></a></span><br/><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">Label&gt;Reference</span></a></span><br/><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">Reference|Param=Value</span></a></span><br/><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">[[no link</span></a></span>&gt;&gt;Not Reference]]<br/><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl">[[<img src="imageurl" class="wikimodel-freestanding wikigeneratedid" id="Iwhatever" alt="whatever"/></a></span><br/>not:link</p>
+<p><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: &#123;&#123;macro}}"><a href="editurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">&#123;&#123;macro}}</span></a></span><br/><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: Label&gt;Reference"><a href="editurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">Label&gt;Reference</span></a></span><br/><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: Reference|Param=Value"><a href="editurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">Reference|Param=Value</span></a></span><br/><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: [[no link"><a href="editurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">[[no link</span></a></span>&gt;&gt;Not Reference]]<br/><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: Reference"><a href="editurl">[[<img src="imageurl" class="wikimodel-freestanding wikigeneratedid" id="Iwhatever" alt="whatever"/></a></span><br/>not:link</p>
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
 .expect|annotatedxhtml/1.0
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
-<p><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|\{\{macro}}--><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">&#123;&#123;macro}}</span></a></span><!--stopwikilink--><br/><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Label>Reference--><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">Label&gt;Reference</span></a></span><!--stopwikilink--><br/><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Reference|Param=Value--><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">Reference|Param=Value</span></a></span><!--stopwikilink--><br/><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|[[no link--><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">[[no link</span></a></span><!--stopwikilink-->&gt;&gt;Not Reference]]<br/><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Reference--><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl">[[<!--startimage:false|-|attach|-|whatever--><img src="imageurl" class="wikimodel-freestanding wikigeneratedid" id="Iwhatever" alt="whatever"/><!--stopimage--></a></span><!--stopwikilink--><br/>not:link</p>
+<p><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|\{\{macro}}--><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: &#123;&#123;macro}}"><a href="editurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">&#123;&#123;macro}}</span></a></span><!--stopwikilink--><br/><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Label>Reference--><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: Label&gt;Reference"><a href="editurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">Label&gt;Reference</span></a></span><!--stopwikilink--><br/><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Reference|Param=Value--><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: Reference|Param=Value"><a href="editurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">Reference|Param=Value</span></a></span><!--stopwikilink--><br/><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|[[no link--><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: [[no link"><a href="editurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">[[no link</span></a></span><!--stopwikilink-->&gt;&gt;Not Reference]]<br/><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Reference--><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: Reference"><a href="editurl">[[<!--startimage:false|-|attach|-|whatever--><img src="imageurl" class="wikimodel-freestanding wikigeneratedid" id="Iwhatever" alt="whatever"/><!--stopimage--></a></span><!--stopwikilink--><br/>not:link</p>
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
 .expect|xwiki/2.0
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
@@ -68,4 +68,4 @@ not:link
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
 .input|xhtml/1.0
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
-<p><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|{{macro}}--><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">&#123;&#123;macro}}</span></a></span><!--stopwikilink--><br/><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Label>Reference--><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">Label&gt;Reference</span></a></span><!--stopwikilink--><br/><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Reference|Param=Value--><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">Reference|Param=Value</span></a></span><!--stopwikilink--><br/><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|[[no link--><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">[[no link</span></a></span><!--stopwikilink-->&gt;&gt;Not Reference]]<br/><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Reference--><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl">[[<!--startimage:false|-|attach|-|whatever--><img src="imageurl" class="wikimodel-freestanding wikigeneratedid" id="Iwhatever" alt="whatever"/><!--stopimage--></a></span><!--stopwikilink--><br/>not:link</p>
\ No newline at end of file
+<p><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|{{macro}}--><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: &#123;&#123;macro}}"><a href="editurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">&#123;&#123;macro}}</span></a></span><!--stopwikilink--><br/><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Label>Reference--><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: Label&gt;Reference"><a href="editurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">Label&gt;Reference</span></a></span><!--stopwikilink--><br/><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Reference|Param=Value--><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: Reference|Param=Value"><a href="editurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">Reference|Param=Value</span></a></span><!--stopwikilink--><br/><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|[[no link--><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: [[no link"><a href="editurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">[[no link</span></a></span><!--stopwikilink-->&gt;&gt;Not Reference]]<br/><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Reference--><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: Reference"><a href="editurl">[[<!--startimage:false|-|attach|-|whatever--><img src="imageurl" class="wikimodel-freestanding wikigeneratedid" id="Iwhatever" alt="whatever"/><!--stopimage--></a></span><!--stopwikilink--><br/>not:link</p>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xwiki-rendering-integration-tests/src/test/resources/wiki/link/links7.test b/xwiki-rendering-integration-tests/src/test/resources/wiki/link/links7.test
index 5f1799092b..208f7cd86b 100644
--- a/xwiki-rendering-integration-tests/src/test/resources/wiki/link/links7.test
+++ b/xwiki-rendering-integration-tests/src/test/resources/wiki/link/links7.test
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ endDocument
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
 .expect|xhtml/1.0
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
-<p><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl"><strong>hello</strong></a></span><br/><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl">= notheader</a></span><br/><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl"></a></span></p>
+<p><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: Page"><a href="editurl"><strong>hello</strong></a></span><br/><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: Page"><a href="editurl">= notheader</a></span><br/><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: Page"><a href="editurl"></a></span></p>
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
 .expect|annotatedxhtml/1.0
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
-<p><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Page--><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl"><strong>hello</strong></a></span><!--stopwikilink--><br/><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Page--><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl">= notheader</a></span><!--stopwikilink--><br/><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Page--><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl"><!--startmacro:testsimplemacro|-||-|label--><!--stopmacro--></a></span><!--stopwikilink--></p>
+<p><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Page--><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: Page"><a href="editurl"><strong>hello</strong></a></span><!--stopwikilink--><br/><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Page--><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: Page"><a href="editurl">= notheader</a></span><!--stopwikilink--><br/><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Page--><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: Page"><a href="editurl"><!--startmacro:testsimplemacro|-||-|label--><!--stopmacro--></a></span><!--stopwikilink--></p>
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
 .expect|xwiki/2.0
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@ endDocument
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
 .input|xhtml/1.0
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
-<p><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Page--><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl"><strong>hello</strong></a></span><!--stopwikilink--><br/><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Page--><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl">= notheader</a></span><!--stopwikilink--><br/><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Page--><span class="wikicreatelink"><a href="editurl"><!--startmacro:testsimplemacro|-||-|label--><!--stopmacro--></a></span><!--stopwikilink--></p>
\ No newline at end of file
+<p><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Page--><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: Page"><a href="editurl"><strong>hello</strong></a></span><!--stopwikilink--><br/><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Page--><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: Page"><a href="editurl">= notheader</a></span><!--stopwikilink--><br/><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Page--><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: Page"><a href="editurl"><!--startmacro:testsimplemacro|-||-|label--><!--stopmacro--></a></span><!--stopwikilink--></p>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xwiki-rendering-integration-tests/src/test/resources/wiki/link/links8.test b/xwiki-rendering-integration-tests/src/test/resources/wiki/link/links8.test
index 17ee7f72b7..3e63591331 100644
--- a/xwiki-rendering-integration-tests/src/test/resources/wiki/link/links8.test
+++ b/xwiki-rendering-integration-tests/src/test/resources/wiki/link/links8.test
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ endDocument
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
 .expect|xhtml/1.0
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
-<p><span class="wikilink"><a data-xwiki-translated-attribute-param1="value1" data-xwiki-translated-attribute-param2="value2" href="viewurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">Space.ExistingPage</span></a></span><br/><span class="wikicreatelink"><a data-xwiki-translated-attribute-param="value" href="editurl">label</a></span></p>
+<p><span class="wikilink"><a data-xwiki-translated-attribute-param1="value1" data-xwiki-translated-attribute-param2="value2" href="viewurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">Space.ExistingPage</span></a></span><br/><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: Space.UnknownPage"><a data-xwiki-translated-attribute-param="value" href="editurl">label</a></span></p>
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
 .expect|annotatedxhtml/1.0
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
-<p><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Space.ExistingPage--><span class="wikilink"><a data-xwiki-translated-attribute-param1="value1" data-xwiki-translated-attribute-param2="value2" href="viewurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">Space.ExistingPage</span></a></span><!--stopwikilink--><br/><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Space.UnknownPage--><span class="wikicreatelink"><a data-xwiki-translated-attribute-param="value" href="editurl">label</a></span><!--stopwikilink--></p>
+<p><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Space.ExistingPage--><span class="wikilink"><a data-xwiki-translated-attribute-param1="value1" data-xwiki-translated-attribute-param2="value2" href="viewurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">Space.ExistingPage</span></a></span><!--stopwikilink--><br/><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Space.UnknownPage--><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: Space.UnknownPage"><a data-xwiki-translated-attribute-param="value" href="editurl">label</a></span><!--stopwikilink--></p>
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
 .expect|xwiki/2.0
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ endDocument
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
 .input|xhtml/1.0
 .#-----------------------------------------------------
-<p><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Space.ExistingPage--><span class="wikilink"><a data-xwiki-translated-attribute-param1="value1" data-xwiki-translated-attribute-param2="value2" href="viewurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">Space.ExistingPage</span></a></span><!--stopwikilink--><br/><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Space.UnknownPage--><span class="wikicreatelink"><a data-xwiki-translated-attribute-param="value" href="editurl">label</a></span><!--stopwikilink--></p>
\ No newline at end of file
+<p><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Space.ExistingPage--><span class="wikilink"><a data-xwiki-translated-attribute-param1="value1" data-xwiki-translated-attribute-param2="value2" href="viewurl"><span class="wikigeneratedlinkcontent">Space.ExistingPage</span></a></span><!--stopwikilink--><br/><!--startwikilink:false|-|doc|-|Space.UnknownPage--><span class="wikicreatelink" title="Create resource: Space.UnknownPage"><a data-xwiki-translated-attribute-param="value" href="editurl">label</a></span><!--stopwikilink--></p>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xwiki-rendering-syntaxes/xwiki-rendering-syntax-xhtml/src/main/java/org/xwiki/rendering/internal/renderer/xhtml/link/AbstractXHTMLLinkTypeRenderer.java b/xwiki-rendering-syntaxes/xwiki-rendering-syntax-xhtml/src/main/java/org/xwiki/rendering/internal/renderer/xhtml/link/AbstractXHTMLLinkTypeRenderer.java
index 6e3e2022e2..3eae74ecc8 100644
--- a/xwiki-rendering-syntaxes/xwiki-rendering-syntax-xhtml/src/main/java/org/xwiki/rendering/internal/renderer/xhtml/link/AbstractXHTMLLinkTypeRenderer.java
+++ b/xwiki-rendering-syntaxes/xwiki-rendering-syntax-xhtml/src/main/java/org/xwiki/rendering/internal/renderer/xhtml/link/AbstractXHTMLLinkTypeRenderer.java
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractXHTMLLinkTypeRenderer implements XHTMLLinkTypeRend
      */
     protected static final String CLASS = "class";
 
+    /**
+     * The XHTML element {@code title} parameter.
+     * @since 16.3.0RC1
+     */
+    protected static final String TITLE = "title";
+
     /**
      * The name of the XHTML format element.
      */
@@ -221,7 +227,10 @@ public void endLink(ResourceReference reference, boolean freestanding, Map<Strin
     {
         // If there was no link content then generate it based on the passed reference
         if (!hasLabel()) {
-            getXHTMLWikiPrinter().printXMLStartElement(SPAN, new String[][] { { CLASS, "wikigeneratedlinkcontent" } });
+            getXHTMLWikiPrinter().printXMLStartElement(SPAN, new String[][]
+            {
+                { CLASS, "wikigeneratedlinkcontent" }
+            });
             getXHTMLWikiPrinter().printXML(computeLabel(reference));
             getXHTMLWikiPrinter().printXMLEndElement(SPAN);
         }
diff --git a/xwiki-rendering-syntaxes/xwiki-rendering-syntax-xhtml/src/main/java/org/xwiki/rendering/internal/renderer/xhtml/link/DocumentXHTMLLinkTypeRenderer.java b/xwiki-rendering-syntaxes/xwiki-rendering-syntax-xhtml/src/main/java/org/xwiki/rendering/internal/renderer/xhtml/link/DocumentXHTMLLinkTypeRenderer.java
index 722708c151..027f57e9ce 100644
--- a/xwiki-rendering-syntaxes/xwiki-rendering-syntax-xhtml/src/main/java/org/xwiki/rendering/internal/renderer/xhtml/link/DocumentXHTMLLinkTypeRenderer.java
+++ b/xwiki-rendering-syntaxes/xwiki-rendering-syntax-xhtml/src/main/java/org/xwiki/rendering/internal/renderer/xhtml/link/DocumentXHTMLLinkTypeRenderer.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.exception.ExceptionUtils;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.xwiki.component.annotation.Component;
 import org.xwiki.component.annotation.InstantiationStrategy;
 import org.xwiki.component.descriptor.ComponentInstantiationStrategy;
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@
 import org.xwiki.rendering.listener.reference.DocumentResourceReference;
 import org.xwiki.rendering.listener.reference.ResourceReference;
 import org.xwiki.rendering.renderer.reference.link.LinkLabelGenerator;
+import org.xwiki.rendering.renderer.reference.link.WantedLinkTitleGenerator;
 import org.xwiki.rendering.wiki.WikiModel;
 
 /**
@@ -51,6 +54,9 @@ public class DocumentXHTMLLinkTypeRenderer extends AbstractXHTMLLinkTypeRenderer
      */
     private static final String WIKILINK = "wikilink";
 
+    @Inject
+    private Logger logger;
+
     /**
      * Used to generate the link targeting a local document.
      */
@@ -62,6 +68,12 @@ public class DocumentXHTMLLinkTypeRenderer extends AbstractXHTMLLinkTypeRenderer
     @Inject
     private LinkLabelGenerator linkLabelGenerator;
 
+    /**
+     * Used to generate a link title.
+     */
+    @Inject
+    private WantedLinkTitleGenerator defaultTitleGenerator;
+
     @Override
     public void initialize() throws InitializationException
     {
@@ -90,6 +102,37 @@ protected String computeLabel(ResourceReference reference)
         return this.linkLabelGenerator.generate(reference);
     }
 
+    private WantedLinkTitleGenerator getTitleGenerator(ResourceReference reference)
+    {
+        WantedLinkTitleGenerator titleGenerator = this.defaultTitleGenerator;
+        try {
+            titleGenerator = this.componentManager.getInstance(WantedLinkTitleGenerator.class,
+                reference.getType().getScheme());
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            String message = String.format("Could not find a [%s] component to generate the wanted "
+                + "link title for [{}].", WantedLinkTitleGenerator.class.getName());
+            if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                logger.debug(message, reference, e);
+            } else {
+                logger.warn(String.format("%s: [{}]", message), reference, ExceptionUtils.getRootCauseMessage(e));
+            }
+        }
+        return titleGenerator;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Implementation for computing a wanted link title.
+     * Looks for a component implementing WantedLinkTitleGenerator with a role hint matching the reference scheme.
+     * @param reference the reference for which to compute the title
+     * @return the wanted link title
+     * @since 16.3.0RC1
+     */
+    private String computeWantedLinkTitle(ResourceReference reference)
+    {
+        WantedLinkTitleGenerator titleGenerator = getTitleGenerator(reference);
+        return titleGenerator.generateWantedLinkTitle(reference);
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void beginLinkExtraAttributes(ResourceReference reference, Map<String, String> spanAttributes,
         Map<String, String> anchorAttributes)
@@ -126,6 +169,7 @@ private void beginInternalLink(ResourceReference reference, boolean freestanding
         } else {
             // The wiki document doesn't exist
             spanAttributes.put(CLASS, "wikicreatelink");
+            spanAttributes.put(TITLE, computeWantedLinkTitle(reference));
             anchorAttributes.put(XHTMLLinkRenderer.HREF, this.wikiModel.getDocumentEditURL(reference));
         }