diff --git a/layouts/glossary/single.html b/layouts/glossary/single.html
index 71149dbd8c8..cffe2d0dc4b 100644
--- a/layouts/glossary/single.html
+++ b/layouts/glossary/single.html
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@
             {{ range $index, $term := . }}
             {{ $term_str := printf "%s" $term }} <!-- Ensure $term is treated as a string -->
             {{ $term_clean := replace $term_str "\u00a0" " " }} <!-- Replace non-breaking space with space -->
+            {{ $term_clean = replaceRE `[*\\]` "" $term_clean }} <!-- Drop Markdown emphasis and escapes (*p*-value) so the slug matches the title's -->
             {{ $term_clean = replaceRE "\\s*\\(.*\\)" "" $term_clean }} <!-- Remove text in parentheses -->
             {{ $term_clean = replace $term_clean " " "_" }} <!-- Replace spaces with underscores -->
             {{ $term_clean = replaceRE "[^a-zA-Z0-9_]" "_" $term_clean }} <!-- Replace all non-alphanumeric characters with underscores -->
@@ -276,9 +277,9 @@
             {{ end }}
             {{ if $term_page }}
             {{ $term_url := $term_page.RelPermalink }}
-            {{ $related_links = $related_links | append (printf "<a href='%s'>%s</a>" $term_url $term) }}
+            {{ $related_links = $related_links | append (printf "<a href='%s'>%s</a>" $term_url ($term_str | htmlEscape | markdownify)) }}
             {{ else }}
-            {{ $related_links = $related_links | append $term }}
+            {{ $related_links = $related_links | append ($term_str | htmlEscape | markdownify | string) }}
             {{ end }}
             {{ end }}
             {{ $related_links_string := delimit $related_links ", " | safeHTML }}