diff --git a/app/helpers/formatting_helper.rb b/app/helpers/formatting_helper.rb
index d390b9bc96..5ab0c8c7ba 100644
--- a/app/helpers/formatting_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/formatting_helper.rb
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ module FormattingHelper
   end
 
   def account_field_value_format(field, with_rel_me: true)
-    html_aware_format(field.value, field.account.local?, with_rel_me: with_rel_me, with_domains: true, multiline: false)
+    if field.verified? && !field.account.local?
+      TextFormatter.shortened_link(field.value_for_verification)
+    else
+      html_aware_format(field.value, field.account.local?, with_rel_me: with_rel_me, with_domains: true, multiline: false)
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/lib/text_formatter.rb b/app/lib/text_formatter.rb
index 0404cbaced..3570632dd9 100644
--- a/app/lib/text_formatter.rb
+++ b/app/lib/text_formatter.rb
@@ -48,6 +48,26 @@ class TextFormatter
     html.html_safe # rubocop:disable Rails/OutputSafety
   end
 
+  class << self
+    include ERB::Util
+
+    def shortened_link(url, rel_me: false)
+      url = Addressable::URI.parse(url).to_s
+      rel = rel_me ? (DEFAULT_REL + %w(me)) : DEFAULT_REL
+
+      prefix      = url.match(URL_PREFIX_REGEX).to_s
+      display_url = url[prefix.length, 30]
+      suffix      = url[prefix.length + 30..-1]
+      cutoff      = url[prefix.length..-1].length > 30
+
+      <<~HTML.squish
+        <a href="#{h(url)}" target="_blank" rel="#{rel.join(' ')}" translate="no"><span class="invisible">#{h(prefix)}</span><span class="#{cutoff ? 'ellipsis' : ''}">#{h(display_url)}</span><span class="invisible">#{h(suffix)}</span></a>
+      HTML
+    rescue Addressable::URI::InvalidURIError, IDN::Idna::IdnaError
+      h(url)
+    end
+  end
+
   private
 
   def rewrite
@@ -70,19 +90,7 @@ class TextFormatter
   end
 
   def link_to_url(entity)
-    url = Addressable::URI.parse(entity[:url]).to_s
-    rel = with_rel_me? ? (DEFAULT_REL + %w(me)) : DEFAULT_REL
-
-    prefix      = url.match(URL_PREFIX_REGEX).to_s
-    display_url = url[prefix.length, 30]
-    suffix      = url[prefix.length + 30..-1]
-    cutoff      = url[prefix.length..-1].length > 30
-
-    <<~HTML.squish
-      <a href="#{h(url)}" target="_blank" rel="#{rel.join(' ')}" translate="no"><span class="invisible">#{h(prefix)}</span><span class="#{cutoff ? 'ellipsis' : ''}">#{h(display_url)}</span><span class="invisible">#{h(suffix)}</span></a>
-    HTML
-  rescue Addressable::URI::InvalidURIError, IDN::Idna::IdnaError
-    h(entity[:url])
+    TextFormatter.shortened_link(entity[:url], rel_me: with_rel_me?)
   end
 
   def link_to_hashtag(entity)