diff --git a/lib/SymbolGraphGen/DeclarationFragmentPrinter.cpp b/lib/SymbolGraphGen/DeclarationFragmentPrinter.cpp
index ae9e83a708aca..f31c6541a2fcd 100644
--- a/lib/SymbolGraphGen/DeclarationFragmentPrinter.cpp
+++ b/lib/SymbolGraphGen/DeclarationFragmentPrinter.cpp
@@ -136,7 +136,13 @@ void DeclarationFragmentPrinter::printStructurePre(PrintStructureKind Kind,
 void DeclarationFragmentPrinter::printTypeRef(Type T, const TypeDecl *RefTo,
     Identifier Name,
     PrintNameContext NameContext) {
-  openFragment(FragmentKind::TypeIdentifier);
+  if (Kind != FragmentKind::Attribute) {
+    openFragment(FragmentKind::TypeIdentifier);
+  } else {
+    // create a separate fragment so that only the attribute name is linkable
+    closeFragment();
+    openFragment(FragmentKind::Attribute);
+  }
   printText(Name.str());
   USR.clear();
 
diff --git a/test/SymbolGraph/Symbols/Mixins/DeclarationFragments/Full/CustomAttr.swift b/test/SymbolGraph/Symbols/Mixins/DeclarationFragments/Full/CustomAttr.swift
index 88259dddadd7c..2ceb623647d1c 100644
--- a/test/SymbolGraph/Symbols/Mixins/DeclarationFragments/Full/CustomAttr.swift
+++ b/test/SymbolGraph/Symbols/Mixins/DeclarationFragments/Full/CustomAttr.swift
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public func wrapped(@SomeWrapper arg: Int) {}
 // CHECK-NEXT:    "spelling": "@"
 // CHECK-NEXT:  },
 // CHECK-NEXT:  {
-// CHECK-NEXT:    "kind": "typeIdentifier",
+// CHECK-NEXT:    "kind": "attribute",
 // CHECK-NEXT:    "spelling": "SomeWrapper",
 // CHECK-NEXT:    "preciseIdentifier": "s:10CustomAttr11SomeWrapperV"
 // CHECK-NEXT:  },