diff --git a/src/lib/markdown/wikilink-plugin.ts b/src/lib/markdown/wikilink-plugin.ts
index 46281a4..a0927e6 100644
--- a/src/lib/markdown/wikilink-plugin.ts
+++ b/src/lib/markdown/wikilink-plugin.ts
@@ -43,16 +43,21 @@ export function parseWikilinkTarget(
 
 	if (!rawTarget) return null;
 
+	const sectionSuffix = section ? `#${section}` : "";
+
 	// Cross-wiki detection: wiki/note or wiki/
 	const separatorIdx = rawTarget.indexOf("/");
 	if (separatorIdx > 0) {
 		const wikiSlug = rawTarget.slice(0, separatorIdx).trim();
 		const noteSlug = rawTarget.slice(separatorIdx + 1).trim();
 		if (wikiSlug) {
+			const defaultLabel = noteSlug
+				? `${wikiSlug}/${noteSlug}${sectionSuffix}`
+				: wikiSlug;
 			return {
 				wikiSlug,
 				noteSlug,
-				label: rawLabel || (noteSlug ? `${wikiSlug}/${noteSlug}` : wikiSlug),
+				label: rawLabel || defaultLabel,
 				...(section ? { section } : {}),
 			};
 		}
@@ -61,7 +66,7 @@ export function parseWikilinkTarget(
 	return {
 		...(currentWikiSlug ? { wikiSlug: currentWikiSlug } : {}),
 		noteSlug: rawTarget,
-		label: rawLabel || rawTarget,
+		label: rawLabel || `${rawTarget}${sectionSuffix}`,
 		...(section ? { section } : {}),
 	};
 }
diff --git a/tests/lib/markdown.test.ts b/tests/lib/markdown.test.ts
index c0ae096..053a4b9 100644
--- a/tests/lib/markdown.test.ts
+++ b/tests/lib/markdown.test.ts
@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ describe("wikilinks", () => {
 	test("renders same-wiki link with section anchor", () => {
 		const { html } = renderMarkdown("see [[my-page#introduction]]", WIKI);
 		expect(html).toContain('href="/wiki/test-wiki/my-page#introduction"');
-		expect(html).toContain(">my-page<");
+		expect(html).toContain(">my-page#introduction<");
 	});
 
 	test("renders cross-wiki link with section anchor", () => {
 		const { html } = renderMarkdown("see [[other-wiki/my-page#details]]", WIKI);
 		expect(html).toContain('href="/wiki/other-wiki/my-page#details"');
-		expect(html).toContain(">other-wiki/my-page<");
+		expect(html).toContain(">other-wiki/my-page#details<");
 	});
 
 	test("renders wiki home page link", () => {
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ describe("extractWikilinks", () => {
 			{
 				wikiSlug: "test-wiki",
 				noteSlug: "page",
-				label: "page",
+				label: "page#section",
 				section: "section",
 			},
 		]);
@@ -272,18 +272,15 @@ describe("extractWikilinks", () => {
 			{
 				wikiSlug: "docs",
 				noteSlug: "page",
-				label: "docs/page",
+				label: "docs/page#intro",
 				section: "intro",
 			},
 		]);
 	});
 
-	test("strips #heading suffix when recording the slug", () => {
-		expect(extractWikilinks("jump to [[my-page#Section]]")).toEqual([
-			"my-page",
-		]);
-		expect(extractWikilinks("[[a#one]] and [[a#two]] and [[a]]")).toEqual([
-			"a",
-		]);
+	test("dedupes [[note#heading]] occurrences against the same note", () => {
+		const result = extractWikilinks("[[a#one]] and [[a#two]] and [[a]]");
+		expect(result).toHaveLength(1);
+		expect(result[0]?.noteSlug).toBe("a");
 	});
 });