diff --git a/app/views/projects/notes/_form.html.haml b/app/views/projects/notes/_form.html.haml
index b62aada3a9a..5ebafb13f1c 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/notes/_form.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/notes/_form.html.haml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
= f.text_area :note, size: 255, class: 'note_text js-note-text js-gfm-input markdown-area'
.light.clearfix
- .pull-left Comments are parsed with #{link_to "GitLab Flavored Markdown", help_page_path("markdown", "markdown"), target: '_blank'}
- .pull-right Attach images (JPG, PNG, GIF) by dragging & dropping or #{link_to "selecting them", '#', class: 'markdown-selector' }.
+ .pull-left Comments are parsed with #{link_to "GitLab Flavored Markdown", help_page_path("markdown", "markdown"),{ target: '_blank', tabindex: -1 }}
+ .pull-right Attach images (JPG, PNG, GIF) by dragging & dropping or #{link_to "selecting them", '#', class: 'markdown-selector', tabindex: -1 }.
.note-preview-holder.hide
.js-note-preview