diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index d40e2c3..5d3d71b 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
 
 export(auto)
+export(link_call)
+export(link_pkg)
 export(tip_call)
 export(tip_pkg)
 importFrom(htmltools,tags)
diff --git a/R/auto.R b/R/auto.R
index 3fa861b..daec153 100644
--- a/R/auto.R
+++ b/R/auto.R
@@ -14,11 +14,17 @@ get_title <- function(url) {
 
 #' @rdname auto
 #' @export
-tip_pkg <- function(pkg, keep_braces = TRUE, text = get_title(url), ...) {
+link_pkg <- function(pkg, keep_braces = TRUE) {
   url <- downlit::href_package(pkg)
   link_text <- if (keep_braces) "{{{pkg}}}" else "{pkg}"
+  tags$a(glue::glue(link_text), href = url, class = "r-link-pkg")
+}
+
+#' @rdname auto
+#' @export
+tip_pkg <- function(pkg, keep_braces = TRUE, text = get_title(url), ...) {
   bslib::tooltip(
-    tags$a(glue::glue(link_text), href = url, class = "r-link-pkg"),
+    link_pkg(pkg, keep_braces = keep_braces),
     text,
     ...
   )
@@ -26,7 +32,7 @@ tip_pkg <- function(pkg, keep_braces = TRUE, text = get_title(url), ...) {
 
 #' @rdname auto
 #' @export
-tip_call <- function(call, keep_pkg_prefix = TRUE, text = get_title(url), ...) {
+link_call <- function(call, keep_pkg_prefix = TRUE) {
   url <- downlit::autolink_url(call)
 
   link_text <- if (keep_pkg_prefix) {
@@ -35,12 +41,17 @@ tip_call <- function(call, keep_pkg_prefix = TRUE, text = get_title(url), ...) {
     glue::glue("{fun}()", fun = stringr::str_extract(call, rx_call, group = 2))
   }
 
+  tags$a(link_text, href = url, class = "r-link-call")
+}
+
+#' @rdname auto
+#' @export
+tip_call <- function(call, keep_pkg_prefix = TRUE, text = get_title(url), ...) {
   bslib::tooltip(
-    tags$a(link_text, href = url, class = "r-link-call"),
+    link_call(call, keep_pkg_prefix = keep_pkg_prefix),
     text,
     ...
   )
-
 }
 
 autolink_pkg <- function(x, keep_braces = TRUE) {
@@ -79,12 +90,14 @@ autolink_call <- function(x, keep_pkg_prefix = TRUE) {
 #'
 #'   # manually generate the tooltips for {pkg} and pkg::fun()
 #'   tip_pkg("tidyverse")
+#'   link_pkg("tidyverse")
+#'
 #'   tip_call("dplyr::summarise()")
+#'   link_call("dplyr::summarise()")
 #' }
 #'
-#' # You typically don't need to supply the text, but you can
-#' tip_pkg("tidyverse", text = "The tidyverse")
-#' tip_call("dplyr::summarise()", text = "Summarise each group down to one row")
+#' link_pkg("tidyverse")
+#' link_call("dplyr::summarise()")
 #'
 #' @export
 auto <- function(keep_braces = TRUE, keep_pkg_prefix = TRUE) {
diff --git a/man/auto.Rd b/man/auto.Rd
index fbc5ae6..e155dfc 100644
--- a/man/auto.Rd
+++ b/man/auto.Rd
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 % Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
 % Please edit documentation in R/auto.R
-\name{tip_pkg}
+\name{link_pkg}
+\alias{link_pkg}
 \alias{tip_pkg}
+\alias{link_call}
 \alias{tip_call}
 \alias{auto}
 \title{Setup automatic linking}
 \usage{
+link_pkg(pkg, keep_braces = TRUE)
+
 tip_pkg(pkg, keep_braces = TRUE, text = get_title(url), ...)
 
+link_call(call, keep_pkg_prefix = TRUE)
+
 tip_call(call, keep_pkg_prefix = TRUE, text = get_title(url), ...)
 
 auto(keep_braces = TRUE, keep_pkg_prefix = TRUE)
@@ -37,11 +43,13 @@ Setup automatic linking
 
   # manually generate the tooltips for {pkg} and pkg::fun()
   tip_pkg("tidyverse")
+  link_pkg("tidyverse")
+
   tip_call("dplyr::summarise()")
+  link_call("dplyr::summarise()")
 }
 
-# You typically don't need to supply the text, but you can
-tip_pkg("tidyverse", text = "The tidyverse")
-tip_call("dplyr::summarise()", text = "Summarise each group down to one row")
+link_pkg("tidyverse")
+link_call("dplyr::summarise()")
 
 }