diff --git a/maven-reporting/maven-reporting-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/reporting/AbstractMavenReportRenderer.java b/maven-reporting/maven-reporting-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/reporting/AbstractMavenReportRenderer.java
index 1ec8048617..cd4e78fd5b 100644
--- a/maven-reporting/maven-reporting-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/reporting/AbstractMavenReportRenderer.java
+++ b/maven-reporting/maven-reporting-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/reporting/AbstractMavenReportRenderer.java
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractMavenReportRenderer
                         }
                         else
                         {
-                            text( text );
+                            text( href );
                         }
                     }
                 }