diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9a61c89c..30f5e24d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,13 +38,15 @@ eventually be moved over to `tests/qunit` and rewritten for CodeMirror 6.
 
 ## CodeMirror 6 change log
 
-### Upstream changes
-
-This list changes that come by default with the CodeMirror 6 upgrade.
+This is a list of changes that either come by default with the CodeMirror 6 upgrade,
+or changes of our that we deem as reasonable improvements.
 Some may be removed pending user feedback:
 
+### Upstream changes
+
 * Bracket matching now highlights unmatched brackets in red
 
 ### New MediaWiki mode features
 
 * Closing HTML tags that highlighted as an error now also highlight the closing '>'
+* Allow link titles to be both emboldened and italicized.
diff --git a/resources/mode/mediawiki/mediawiki.less b/resources/mode/mediawiki/mediawiki.less
index 0c00e2b8..bb1c235c 100644
--- a/resources/mode/mediawiki/mediawiki.less
+++ b/resources/mode/mediawiki/mediawiki.less
@@ -112,7 +112,12 @@ pre.CodeMirror-line-like.cm-mw-tag-nowiki,
 .cm-mw-link-bracket,
 .cm-mw-link-delimiter,
 .cm-mw-extlink,
-.cm-mw-free-extlink { color: @link-color; font-weight: normal; }
+.cm-mw-free-extlink {
+	color: @link-color;
+	&:not( .cm-mw-strong ) {
+		font-weight: normal;
+	}
+}
 .cm-mw-extlink-protocol,
 .cm-mw-free-extlink-protocol,
 .cm-mw-extlink-bracket { color: @link-color; font-weight: bold; }