diff --git a/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/elements/link/Element.tsx b/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/elements/link/Element.tsx
index 6770e7e2d7..3bfc85a3b4 100644
--- a/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/elements/link/Element.tsx
+++ b/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/elements/link/Element.tsx
@@ -141,16 +141,19 @@ export const LinkElement = ({ attributes, children, element, editorRef, fieldPro
           boundingRef={editorRef}
           render={() => (
             <div className={`${baseClass}__popup`}>
-              {element.linkType === 'internal' && (
+              {element.linkType === 'internal' && element.doc?.relationTo && element.doc?.value && (
                 <Fragment>
-                  Linked to doc&nbsp;
+                  Linked to&nbsp;
+                  <span className={`${baseClass}__link-label`}>
+                    {config.collections.find(({ slug }) => slug === element.doc.relationTo)?.labels?.singular}
+                  </span>
                 </Fragment>
               )}
               {(element.linkType === 'custom' || !element.linkType) && (
                 <Fragment>
                   Go to link:&nbsp;
                   <a
-                    className={`${baseClass}__goto-link`}
+                    className={`${baseClass}__link-label`}
                     href={element.url}
                     target="_blank"
                     rel="noreferrer"
diff --git a/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/elements/link/index.scss b/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/elements/link/index.scss
index d1272c81e2..93f1045339 100644
--- a/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/elements/link/index.scss
+++ b/src/admin/components/forms/field-types/RichText/elements/link/index.scss
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     }
   }
 
-  &__goto-link {
+  &__link-label {
     max-width: base(8);
     overflow: hidden;
     text-overflow: ellipsis;
diff --git a/src/fields/richText/richTextRelationshipPromise.ts b/src/fields/richText/richTextRelationshipPromise.ts
index e97f474dd9..80a9cbddc6 100644
--- a/src/fields/richText/richTextRelationshipPromise.ts
+++ b/src/fields/richText/richTextRelationshipPromise.ts
@@ -36,49 +36,16 @@ export const recurseRichText = ({
 }: RecurseRichTextArgs): void => {
   if (Array.isArray(children)) {
     (children as any[]).forEach((element) => {
-      if ((element.type === 'relationship' || element.type === 'upload')
-        && element?.value?.id
-        && (depth && currentDepth <= depth)) {
-        const collection = req.payload.collections[element?.relationTo];
-
-        if (collection) {
-          promises.push(populate({
-            req,
-            id: element.value.id,
-            data: element,
-            key: 'value',
-            overrideAccess,
-            depth,
-            currentDepth,
-            field,
-            collection,
-            showHiddenFields,
-          }));
-        }
-
-        if (element.type === 'upload' && Array.isArray(field.admin?.upload?.collections?.[element?.relationTo]?.fields)) {
-          recurseNestedFields({
-            promises,
-            data: element.fields || {},
-            fields: field.admin.upload.collections[element.relationTo].fields,
-            req,
-            overrideAccess,
-            depth,
-            currentDepth,
-            showHiddenFields,
-          });
-        }
-      }
-
-      if (element.type === 'link') {
-        if (element?.doc?.value && element?.doc?.relationTo) {
-          const collection = req.payload.collections[element?.doc?.relationTo];
+      if ((depth && currentDepth <= depth)) {
+        if ((element.type === 'relationship' || element.type === 'upload')
+          && element?.value?.id) {
+          const collection = req.payload.collections[element?.relationTo];
 
           if (collection) {
             promises.push(populate({
               req,
-              id: element.doc.value,
-              data: element.doc,
+              id: element.value.id,
+              data: element,
               key: 'value',
               overrideAccess,
               depth,
@@ -88,19 +55,53 @@ export const recurseRichText = ({
               showHiddenFields,
             }));
           }
+
+          if (element.type === 'upload' && Array.isArray(field.admin?.upload?.collections?.[element?.relationTo]?.fields)) {
+            recurseNestedFields({
+              promises,
+              data: element.fields || {},
+              fields: field.admin.upload.collections[element.relationTo].fields,
+              req,
+              overrideAccess,
+              depth,
+              currentDepth,
+              showHiddenFields,
+            });
+          }
         }
 
-        if (Array.isArray(field.admin?.link?.fields)) {
-          recurseNestedFields({
-            promises,
-            data: element.fields || {},
-            fields: field.admin?.link?.fields,
-            req,
-            overrideAccess,
-            depth,
-            currentDepth,
-            showHiddenFields,
-          });
+        if (element.type === 'link') {
+          if (element?.doc?.value && element?.doc?.relationTo) {
+            const collection = req.payload.collections[element?.doc?.relationTo];
+
+            if (collection) {
+              promises.push(populate({
+                req,
+                id: element.doc.value,
+                data: element.doc,
+                key: 'value',
+                overrideAccess,
+                depth,
+                currentDepth,
+                field,
+                collection,
+                showHiddenFields,
+              }));
+            }
+          }
+
+          if (Array.isArray(field.admin?.link?.fields)) {
+            recurseNestedFields({
+              promises,
+              data: element.fields || {},
+              fields: field.admin?.link?.fields,
+              req,
+              overrideAccess,
+              depth,
+              currentDepth,
+              showHiddenFields,
+            });
+          }
         }
       }