diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/languageFeatures/completions.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/languageFeatures/completions.ts
index 7412e7b49b5..372d621d977 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/languageFeatures/completions.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/languageFeatures/completions.ts
@@ -194,9 +194,9 @@ class MyCompletionItem extends vscode.CompletionItem {
 			const detail = response.body[0];
 
 			if (!this.detail && detail.displayParts.length) {
-				this.detail = Previewer.plain(detail.displayParts);
+				this.detail = Previewer.plainWithLinks(detail.displayParts, client);
 			}
-			this.documentation = this.getDocumentation(detail, this);
+			this.documentation = this.getDocumentation(client, detail, this);
 
 			const codeAction = this.getCodeActions(detail, filepath);
 			const commands: vscode.Command[] = [{
@@ -237,16 +237,17 @@ class MyCompletionItem extends vscode.CompletionItem {
 	}
 
 	private getDocumentation(
+		client: ITypeScriptServiceClient,
 		detail: Proto.CompletionEntryDetails,
 		item: MyCompletionItem
 	): vscode.MarkdownString | undefined {
 		const documentation = new vscode.MarkdownString();
 		if (detail.source) {
-			const importPath = `'${Previewer.plain(detail.source)}'`;
+			const importPath = `'${Previewer.plainWithLinks(detail.source, client)}'`;
 			const autoImportLabel = localize('autoImportLabel', 'Auto import from {0}', importPath);
 			item.detail = `${autoImportLabel}\n${item.detail}`;
 		}
-		Previewer.addMarkdownDocumentation(documentation, detail.documentation, detail.tags);
+		Previewer.addMarkdownDocumentation(documentation, detail.documentation, detail.tags, client);
 
 		return documentation.value.length ? documentation : undefined;
 	}
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/languageFeatures/fileConfigurationManager.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/languageFeatures/fileConfigurationManager.ts
index f0c41541b76..47ad333c61e 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/languageFeatures/fileConfigurationManager.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/languageFeatures/fileConfigurationManager.ts
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ export default class FileConfigurationManager extends Disposable {
 			isTypeScriptDocument(document) ? 'typescript.preferences' : 'javascript.preferences',
 			document.uri);
 
-		const preferences: Proto.UserPreferences = {
+		const preferences: Proto.UserPreferences & { displayPartsForJSDoc: true } = {
 			quotePreference: this.getQuoteStylePreference(preferencesConfig),
 			importModuleSpecifierPreference: getImportModuleSpecifierPreference(preferencesConfig),
 			importModuleSpecifierEnding: getImportModuleSpecifierEndingPreference(preferencesConfig),
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ export default class FileConfigurationManager extends Disposable {
 			includeAutomaticOptionalChainCompletions: config.get<boolean>('suggest.includeAutomaticOptionalChainCompletions', true),
 			provideRefactorNotApplicableReason: true,
 			generateReturnInDocTemplate: config.get<boolean>('suggest.jsdoc.generateReturns', true),
+			displayPartsForJSDoc: true,
 		};
 
 		return preferences;
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/languageFeatures/hover.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/languageFeatures/hover.ts
index 236ef694967..36f39971ecd 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/languageFeatures/hover.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/languageFeatures/hover.ts
@@ -11,12 +11,14 @@ import { conditionalRegistration, requireSomeCapability } from '../utils/depende
 import { DocumentSelector } from '../utils/documentSelector';
 import { markdownDocumentation } from '../utils/previewer';
 import * as typeConverters from '../utils/typeConverters';
+import FileConfigurationManager from './fileConfigurationManager';
 
 
 class TypeScriptHoverProvider implements vscode.HoverProvider {
 
 	public constructor(
-		private readonly client: ITypeScriptServiceClient
+		private readonly client: ITypeScriptServiceClient,
+		private readonly fileConfigurationManager: FileConfigurationManager,
 	) { }
 
 	public async provideHover(
@@ -29,8 +31,13 @@ class TypeScriptHoverProvider implements vscode.HoverProvider {
 			return undefined;
 		}
 
-		const args = typeConverters.Position.toFileLocationRequestArgs(filepath, position);
-		const response = await this.client.interruptGetErr(() => this.client.execute('quickinfo', args, token));
+		const response = await this.client.interruptGetErr(async () => {
+			await this.fileConfigurationManager.ensureConfigurationForDocument(document, token);
+
+			const args = typeConverters.Position.toFileLocationRequestArgs(filepath, position);
+			return this.client.execute('quickinfo', args, token);
+		});
+
 		if (response.type !== 'response' || !response.body) {
 			return undefined;
 		}
@@ -62,19 +69,20 @@ class TypeScriptHoverProvider implements vscode.HoverProvider {
 
 			parts.push({ language: 'typescript', value: displayParts.join(' ') });
 		}
-		parts.push(markdownDocumentation(data.documentation, data.tags));
+		parts.push(markdownDocumentation(data.documentation, data.tags, this.client));
 		return parts;
 	}
 }
 
 export function register(
 	selector: DocumentSelector,
-	client: ITypeScriptServiceClient
+	client: ITypeScriptServiceClient,
+	fileConfigurationManager: FileConfigurationManager,
 ): vscode.Disposable {
 	return conditionalRegistration([
 		requireSomeCapability(client, ClientCapability.EnhancedSyntax, ClientCapability.Semantic),
 	], () => {
 		return vscode.languages.registerHoverProvider(selector.syntax,
-			new TypeScriptHoverProvider(client));
+			new TypeScriptHoverProvider(client, fileConfigurationManager));
 	});
 }
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/languageFeatures/signatureHelp.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/languageFeatures/signatureHelp.ts
index 93901b9bb25..177eda86ceb 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/languageFeatures/signatureHelp.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/languageFeatures/signatureHelp.ts
@@ -72,19 +72,19 @@ class TypeScriptSignatureHelpProvider implements vscode.SignatureHelpProvider {
 
 	private convertSignature(item: Proto.SignatureHelpItem) {
 		const signature = new vscode.SignatureInformation(
-			Previewer.plain(item.prefixDisplayParts),
-			Previewer.markdownDocumentation(item.documentation, item.tags.filter(x => x.name !== 'param')));
+			Previewer.plainWithLinks(item.prefixDisplayParts, this.client),
+			Previewer.markdownDocumentation(item.documentation, item.tags.filter(x => x.name !== 'param'), this.client));
 
 		let textIndex = signature.label.length;
-		const separatorLabel = Previewer.plain(item.separatorDisplayParts);
+		const separatorLabel = Previewer.plainWithLinks(item.separatorDisplayParts, this.client);
 		for (let i = 0; i < item.parameters.length; ++i) {
 			const parameter = item.parameters[i];
-			const label = Previewer.plain(parameter.displayParts);
+			const label = Previewer.plainWithLinks(parameter.displayParts, this.client);
 
 			signature.parameters.push(
 				new vscode.ParameterInformation(
 					[textIndex, textIndex + label.length],
-					Previewer.markdownDocumentation(parameter.documentation, [])));
+					Previewer.markdownDocumentation(parameter.documentation, [], this.client)));
 
 			textIndex += label.length;
 			signature.label += label;
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class TypeScriptSignatureHelpProvider implements vscode.SignatureHelpProvider {
 			}
 		}
 
-		signature.label += Previewer.plain(item.suffixDisplayParts);
+		signature.label += Previewer.plainWithLinks(item.suffixDisplayParts, this.client);
 		return signature;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/languageProvider.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/languageProvider.ts
index 2cb36eb948b..3af617eafd6 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/languageProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/languageProvider.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export default class LanguageProvider extends Disposable {
 			import('./languageFeatures/fixAll').then(provider => this._register(provider.register(selector, this.client, this.fileConfigurationManager, this.client.diagnosticsManager))),
 			import('./languageFeatures/folding').then(provider => this._register(provider.register(selector, this.client))),
 			import('./languageFeatures/formatting').then(provider => this._register(provider.register(selector, this.description.id, this.client, this.fileConfigurationManager))),
-			import('./languageFeatures/hover').then(provider => this._register(provider.register(selector, this.client))),
+			import('./languageFeatures/hover').then(provider => this._register(provider.register(selector, this.client, this.fileConfigurationManager))),
 			import('./languageFeatures/implementations').then(provider => this._register(provider.register(selector, this.client))),
 			import('./languageFeatures/jsDocCompletions').then(provider => this._register(provider.register(selector, this.description.id, this.client, this.fileConfigurationManager))),
 			import('./languageFeatures/organizeImports').then(provider => this._register(provider.register(selector, this.client, this.commandManager, this.fileConfigurationManager, this.telemetryReporter))),
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/protocol.d.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/protocol.d.ts
index 9cf1f851e48..853fd543f34 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/protocol.d.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/protocol.d.ts
@@ -10,5 +10,9 @@ declare module 'typescript/lib/protocol' {
 	interface Response {
 		readonly _serverType?: ServerType;
 	}
+
+	interface JSDocLinkDisplayPart {
+		target: Proto.FileSpan;
+	}
 }
 
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/test/unit/previewer.test.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/test/unit/previewer.test.ts
index 38bfc14ecbb..bdbbf103b80 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/test/unit/previewer.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/test/unit/previewer.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@
 
 import * as assert from 'assert';
 import 'mocha';
-import { tagsMarkdownPreview, markdownDocumentation } from '../../utils/previewer';
+import { Uri } from 'vscode';
+import { tagsMarkdownPreview, markdownDocumentation, IFilePathToResourceConverter } from '../../utils/previewer';
+
+const noopToResource: IFilePathToResourceConverter = {
+	toResource: (path) => Uri.file(path)
+};
 
 suite('typescript.previewer', () => {
 	test('Should ignore hyphens after a param tag', async () => {
@@ -15,25 +20,37 @@ suite('typescript.previewer', () => {
 					name: 'param',
 					text: 'a - b'
 				}
-			]),
+			], noopToResource),
 			'*@param* `a` — b');
 	});
 
 	test('Should parse url jsdoc @link', async () => {
 		assert.strictEqual(
-			markdownDocumentation('x {@link http://www.example.com/foo} y {@link https://api.jquery.com/bind/#bind-eventType-eventData-handler} z', []).value,
+			markdownDocumentation(
+				'x {@link http://www.example.com/foo} y {@link https://api.jquery.com/bind/#bind-eventType-eventData-handler} z',
+				[],
+				noopToResource
+			).value,
 			'x [http://www.example.com/foo](http://www.example.com/foo) y [https://api.jquery.com/bind/#bind-eventType-eventData-handler](https://api.jquery.com/bind/#bind-eventType-eventData-handler) z');
 	});
 
 	test('Should parse url jsdoc @link with text', async () => {
 		assert.strictEqual(
-			markdownDocumentation('x {@link http://www.example.com/foo abc xyz} y {@link http://www.example.com/bar|b a z} z', []).value,
+			markdownDocumentation(
+				'x {@link http://www.example.com/foo abc xyz} y {@link http://www.example.com/bar|b a z} z',
+				[],
+				noopToResource
+			).value,
 			'x [abc xyz](http://www.example.com/foo) y [b a z](http://www.example.com/bar) z');
 	});
 
 	test('Should treat @linkcode jsdocs links as monospace', async () => {
 		assert.strictEqual(
-			markdownDocumentation('x {@linkcode http://www.example.com/foo} y {@linkplain http://www.example.com/bar} z', []).value,
+			markdownDocumentation(
+				'x {@linkcode http://www.example.com/foo} y {@linkplain http://www.example.com/bar} z',
+				[],
+				noopToResource
+			).value,
 			'x [`http://www.example.com/foo`](http://www.example.com/foo) y [http://www.example.com/bar](http://www.example.com/bar) z');
 	});
 
@@ -44,13 +61,17 @@ suite('typescript.previewer', () => {
 					name: 'param',
 					text: 'a x {@link http://www.example.com/foo abc xyz} y {@link http://www.example.com/bar|b a z} z'
 				}
-			]),
+			], noopToResource),
 			'*@param* `a` — x [abc xyz](http://www.example.com/foo) y [b a z](http://www.example.com/bar) z');
 	});
 
 	test('Should ignore unclosed jsdocs @link', async () => {
 		assert.strictEqual(
-			markdownDocumentation('x {@link http://www.example.com/foo y {@link http://www.example.com/bar bar} z', []).value,
+			markdownDocumentation(
+				'x {@link http://www.example.com/foo y {@link http://www.example.com/bar bar} z',
+				[],
+				noopToResource
+			).value,
 			'x {@link http://www.example.com/foo y [bar](http://www.example.com/bar) z');
 	});
 
@@ -61,7 +82,7 @@ suite('typescript.previewer', () => {
 					name: 'param',
 					text: 'parámetroConDiacríticos this will not'
 				}
-			]),
+			], noopToResource),
 			'*@param* `parámetroConDiacríticos` — this will not');
 	});
 });
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/previewer.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/previewer.ts
index 3d059dca331..cfbbfe4e78e 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/previewer.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/utils/previewer.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import type * as Proto from '../protocol';
 
+export interface IFilePathToResourceConverter {
+	/**
+	 * Convert a typescript filepath to a VS Code resource.
+	 */
+	toResource(filepath: string): vscode.Uri;
+}
+
 function replaceLinks(text: string): string {
 	return text
 		// Http(s) links
@@ -24,7 +31,10 @@ function processInlineTags(text: string): string {
 	return replaceLinks(text);
 }
 
-function getTagBodyText(tag: Proto.JSDocTagInfo): string | undefined {
+function getTagBodyText(
+	tag: Proto.JSDocTagInfo,
+	filePathConverter: IFilePathToResourceConverter,
+): string | undefined {
 	if (!tag.text) {
 		return undefined;
 	}
@@ -37,38 +47,42 @@ function getTagBodyText(tag: Proto.JSDocTagInfo): string | undefined {
 		return '```\n' + text + '\n```';
 	}
 
+	const text = convertLinkTags(tag.text, filePathConverter);
 	switch (tag.name) {
 		case 'example':
 			// check for caption tags, fix for #79704
-			const captionTagMatches = tag.text.match(/<caption>(.*?)<\/caption>\s*(\r\n|\n)/);
+			const captionTagMatches = text.match(/<caption>(.*?)<\/caption>\s*(\r\n|\n)/);
 			if (captionTagMatches && captionTagMatches.index === 0) {
-				return captionTagMatches[1] + '\n\n' + makeCodeblock(tag.text.substr(captionTagMatches[0].length));
+				return captionTagMatches[1] + '\n\n' + makeCodeblock(text.substr(captionTagMatches[0].length));
 			} else {
-				return makeCodeblock(tag.text);
+				return makeCodeblock(text);
 			}
 		case 'author':
 			// fix obsucated email address, #80898
-			const emailMatch = tag.text.match(/(.+)\s<([-.\w]+@[-.\w]+)>/);
+			const emailMatch = text.match(/(.+)\s<([-.\w]+@[-.\w]+)>/);
 
 			if (emailMatch === null) {
-				return tag.text;
+				return text;
 			} else {
 				return `${emailMatch[1]} ${emailMatch[2]}`;
 			}
 		case 'default':
-			return makeCodeblock(tag.text);
+			return makeCodeblock(text);
 	}
 
-	return processInlineTags(tag.text);
+	return processInlineTags(text);
 }
 
-function getTagDocumentation(tag: Proto.JSDocTagInfo): string | undefined {
+function getTagDocumentation(
+	tag: Proto.JSDocTagInfo,
+	filePathConverter: IFilePathToResourceConverter,
+): string | undefined {
 	switch (tag.name) {
 		case 'augments':
 		case 'extends':
 		case 'param':
 		case 'template':
-			const body = (tag.text || '').split(/^(\S+)\s*-?\s*/);
+			const body = (convertLinkTags(tag.text, filePathConverter)).split(/^(\S+)\s*-?\s*/);
 			if (body?.length === 3) {
 				const param = body[1];
 				const doc = body[2];
@@ -82,44 +96,112 @@ function getTagDocumentation(tag: Proto.JSDocTagInfo): string | undefined {
 
 	// Generic tag
 	const label = `*@${tag.name}*`;
-	const text = getTagBodyText(tag);
+	const text = getTagBodyText(tag, filePathConverter);
 	if (!text) {
 		return label;
 	}
 	return label + (text.match(/\r\n|\n/g) ? '  \n' + text : ` — ${text}`);
 }
 
-export function plain(parts: Proto.SymbolDisplayPart[] | string): string {
-	return processInlineTags(
-		typeof parts === 'string'
-			? parts
-			: parts.map(part => part.text).join(''));
+export function plainWithLinks(
+	parts: readonly Proto.SymbolDisplayPart[] | string,
+	filePathConverter: IFilePathToResourceConverter,
+): string {
+	return processInlineTags(convertLinkTags(parts, filePathConverter));
 }
 
-export function tagsMarkdownPreview(tags: Proto.JSDocTagInfo[]): string {
-	return tags.map(getTagDocumentation).join('  \n\n');
+/**
+ * Convert `@link` inline tags to markdown links
+ */
+function convertLinkTags(
+	parts: readonly Proto.SymbolDisplayPart[] | string | undefined,
+	filePathConverter: IFilePathToResourceConverter,
+): string {
+	if (!parts) {
+		return '';
+	}
+
+	if (typeof parts === 'string') {
+		return parts;
+	}
+
+	const out: string[] = [];
+
+	let currentLink: { name?: string, target?: Proto.FileSpan, text?: string } | undefined;
+	for (const part of parts) {
+		switch (part.kind) {
+			case 'link':
+				if (currentLink) {
+					const text = currentLink.text ?? currentLink.name;
+					if (currentLink.target) {
+						const link = filePathConverter.toResource(currentLink.target.file)
+							.with({
+								fragment: `L${currentLink.target.start.line},${currentLink.target.start.offset}`
+							});
+
+						out.push(`[${text}](${link.toString(true)})`);
+					} else {
+						if (text) {
+							out.push(text);
+						}
+					}
+					currentLink = undefined;
+				} else {
+					currentLink = {};
+				}
+				break;
+
+			case 'linkName':
+				if (currentLink) {
+					currentLink.name = part.text;
+					// TODO: remove cast once we pick up TS 4.3
+					currentLink.target = (part as any as Proto.JSDocLinkDisplayPart).target;
+				}
+				break;
+
+			case 'linkText':
+				if (currentLink) {
+					currentLink.text = part.text;
+				}
+				break;
+
+			default:
+				out.push(part.text);
+				break;
+		}
+	}
+	return processInlineTags(out.join(''));
+}
+
+export function tagsMarkdownPreview(
+	tags: readonly Proto.JSDocTagInfo[],
+	filePathConverter: IFilePathToResourceConverter,
+): string {
+	return tags.map(tag => getTagDocumentation(tag, filePathConverter)).join('  \n\n');
 }
 
 export function markdownDocumentation(
 	documentation: Proto.SymbolDisplayPart[] | string,
-	tags: Proto.JSDocTagInfo[]
+	tags: Proto.JSDocTagInfo[],
+	filePathConverter: IFilePathToResourceConverter,
 ): vscode.MarkdownString {
 	const out = new vscode.MarkdownString();
-	addMarkdownDocumentation(out, documentation, tags);
+	addMarkdownDocumentation(out, documentation, tags, filePathConverter);
 	return out;
 }
 
 export function addMarkdownDocumentation(
 	out: vscode.MarkdownString,
 	documentation: Proto.SymbolDisplayPart[] | string | undefined,
-	tags: Proto.JSDocTagInfo[] | undefined
+	tags: Proto.JSDocTagInfo[] | undefined,
+	converter: IFilePathToResourceConverter,
 ): vscode.MarkdownString {
 	if (documentation) {
-		out.appendMarkdown(plain(documentation));
+		out.appendMarkdown(plainWithLinks(documentation, converter));
 	}
 
 	if (tags) {
-		const tagsPreview = tagsMarkdownPreview(tags);
+		const tagsPreview = tagsMarkdownPreview(tags, converter);
 		if (tagsPreview) {
 			out.appendMarkdown('\n\n' + tagsPreview);
 		}
diff --git a/src/vs/vscode.d.ts b/src/vs/vscode.d.ts
index 390bd33d733..f47529e92b1 100644
--- a/src/vs/vscode.d.ts
+++ b/src/vs/vscode.d.ts
@@ -2419,13 +2419,13 @@ declare module 'vscode' {
 	/**
 	 * Information about where a symbol is defined.
 	 *
-	 * Provides additional metadata over normal [location](#Location) definitions, including the range of
+	 * Provides additional metadata over normal {@link Location location} definitions, including the range of
 	 * the defining symbol
 	 */
 	export type DefinitionLink = LocationLink;
 
 	/**
-	 * The definition of a symbol represented as one or many [locations](#Location).
+	 * The definition of a symbol represented as one or many {@link Location locations}.
 	 * For most programming languages there is only one location at which a symbol is
 	 * defined.
 	 */