diff --git a/app/views/shared/snippets/_header.html.haml b/app/views/shared/snippets/_header.html.haml
index e0d0d967da6..8d391d85642 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/snippets/_header.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/snippets/_header.html.haml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       = visibility_level_label(@snippet.visibility_level)
     = visibility_level_icon(@snippet.visibility_level, fw: false)
   %strong.item-title
-    Snippet $#{@snippet.id}
+    Snippet #{@snippet.to_reference}
   %span.creator
     created by #{link_to_member(@project, @snippet.author, size: 24, author_class: "author item-title")}
     = time_ago_with_tooltip(@snippet.created_at, placement: 'bottom', html_class: 'snippet_updated_ago')