diff --git a/tests/parser/citeParserTests.txt b/tests/parser/citeParserTests.txt
index 8671d63f9..b369d0eb6 100644
--- a/tests/parser/citeParserTests.txt
+++ b/tests/parser/citeParserTests.txt
@@ -571,22 +571,22 @@ It's not possible to follow="…" a <ref> defined in the <references> section
 !! test
 A follow="…" before its parent is not merged
 !! wikitext
-<ref follow="theName">theFollows</ref>
-<ref name="theName">theValue</ref>
+<ref follow="theName">''theFollows''</ref>
+<ref name="theName">''theValue''</ref>
 <references />
 !! html/php
 <p><sup id="cite_ref-theName_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theName-2">&#91;1&#93;</a></sup>
 </p>
 <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references">
-<p id="cite_note-theName"><span class="reference-text">theFollows</span>
+<p id="cite_note-theName"><span class="reference-text"><i>theFollows</i></span>
 </p>
-<li id="cite_note-theName-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-theName_2-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">theValue</span>
+<li id="cite_note-theName-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-theName_2-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>theValue</i></span>
 </li>
 </ol></div>
 !! html/parsoid
 <p><sup about="#mwt2" class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref mw:Error" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"follow":"theName"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-1"},"errors":[{"key":"cite_error_references_missing_key","params":["theName"]}]}'><a href="./Parser_test#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></sup>
 <sup about="#mwt4" class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-theName_2-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"theName"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-theName-2"}}'><a href="./Parser_test#cite_note-theName-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></sup></p>
-<div class="mw-references-wrap" typeof="mw:Extension/references" about="#mwt5" data-mw='{"name":"references","attrs":{}}'><ol class="mw-references references"><li about="#cite_note-1" id="cite_note-1"><a href="./Parser_test#cite_ref-1" rel="mw:referencedBy"><span class="mw-linkback-text">↑ </span></a> <span id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-1" class="mw-reference-text"><span typeof="mw:Cite/Follow" about="#mwt2"> theFollows</span></span></li><li about="#cite_note-theName-2" id="cite_note-theName-2"><a href="./Parser_test#cite_ref-theName_2-0" rel="mw:referencedBy"><span class="mw-linkback-text">↑ </span></a> <span id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-theName-2" class="mw-reference-text">theValue</span></li></ol></div>
+<div class="mw-references-wrap" typeof="mw:Extension/references" about="#mwt5" data-mw='{"name":"references","attrs":{}}'><ol class="mw-references references"><li about="#cite_note-1" id="cite_note-1"><a href="./Parser_test#cite_ref-1" rel="mw:referencedBy"><span class="mw-linkback-text">↑ </span></a> <span id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-1" class="mw-reference-text"><span typeof="mw:Cite/Follow" about="#mwt2"> <i>theFollows</i></span></span></li><li about="#cite_note-theName-2" id="cite_note-theName-2"><a href="./Parser_test#cite_ref-theName_2-0" rel="mw:referencedBy"><span class="mw-linkback-text">↑ </span></a> <span id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-theName-2" class="mw-reference-text"><i>theValue</i></span></li></ol></div>
 !! end
 
 ## This is a nasty edge case which was dropping the ref entirely from the