diff --git a/pagure/pfmarkdown.py b/pagure/pfmarkdown.py
index 694c1fc..f7824d3 100644
--- a/pagure/pfmarkdown.py
+++ b/pagure/pfmarkdown.py
@@ -267,7 +267,12 @@ def _pr_exists(user, namespace, repo, idx):
 
 
 def _obj_anchor_tag(user, namespace, repo, obj, text):
-    """ Utility method generating the link to an issue or a PR. """
+    """
+    Utility method generating the link to an issue or a PR.
+
+    :return: An element tree containing the href to the issue or PR
+    :rtype:  xml.etree.ElementTree.Element
+    """
     if obj.isa == 'issue':
         url = flask.url_for(
             'view_issue', username=user, namespace=namespace, repo=repo,
diff --git a/tests/test_pfmarkdown.py b/tests/test_pfmarkdown.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de9329d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_pfmarkdown.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import unittest
+from xml.etree import ElementTree
+
+from mock import patch, Mock
+
+from pagure import pfmarkdown
+from pagure.lib import model
+
+
+@patch('pagure.pfmarkdown.flask.url_for', Mock(return_value='http://eh/'))
+class TestObjAnchorTag(unittest.TestCase):
+    """
+    A set of tests for the pagure.pfmarkdown._obj_anchor_tag function
+    """
+
+    def test_obj_anchor_tag_issue(self):
+        """Assert links to issues are generated correctly"""
+        issue = model.Issue(
+            title='The issue summary',
+            content='The issue description',
+        )
+        expected_markup = ('<a href="http://eh/" title="The issue summary">'
+                           'My Issue</a>')
+        element = pfmarkdown._obj_anchor_tag(
+            'jcline', None, None, issue, 'My Issue')
+
+        self.assertEqual(expected_markup, ElementTree.tostring(element))
+
+    def test_obj_anchor_tag_private_issue(self):
+        """Assert links to private issues hide the title"""
+        issue = model.Issue(
+            title='The private issue summary',
+            content='The issue description',
+            private=True
+        )
+        expected_markup = ('<a href="http://eh/" title="Private issue">'
+                           'My Issue</a>')
+        element = pfmarkdown._obj_anchor_tag(
+            'jcline', None, None, issue, 'My Issue')
+
+        self.assertEqual(expected_markup, ElementTree.tostring(element))
+
+    def test_obj_anchor_tag_pr(self):
+        """Assert links to pull requests are generated correctly"""
+        pr = model.PullRequest(title='The pull request summary')
+        expected_markup = ('<a href="http://eh/" title="The pull request '
+                           'summary">My Pull Request</a>')
+        element = pfmarkdown._obj_anchor_tag(
+            'jcline', None, None, pr, 'My Pull Request')
+
+        self.assertEqual(expected_markup, ElementTree.tostring(element))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()