diff --git a/glossy/src/gloss.typ b/glossy/src/gloss.typ
index 82e23fb..055a294 100644
--- a/glossy/src/gloss.typ
+++ b/glossy/src/gloss.typ
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
 //   content: The fully formatted term, including optional article, capitalization,
 //            usage tracking metadata, and the chosen form (short, long, or both).
 //
-#let __gls(key, modifiers: array, format-term: function, show-term: function, term-links: true) = {
+#let __gls(key, modifiers: array, format-term: function, show-term: function, term-links: true, display-text: none) = {
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   // Check for illegal modifier combinations
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -355,8 +355,14 @@
   let long-form = pluralize_term(entry.long, entry.longplural) // `none` safe here
 
   // Apply format-term() to get the term
-  let formatted-term = format-term(mode, short-form, long-form)
-  if type(formatted-term) != str {
+  let formatted-term = if display-text != none and display-text != auto {
+    // Display text was overriden by user, just accept it (string or content)
+    display-text
+  } else {
+    // Normal display (ie no override from user)
+    format-term(mode, short-form, long-form)
+  }
+  if "cap" in modifiers and type(formatted-term) != str {
     // This is because we still need to capitalize the term, and we cannot do
     // that with content, thus requiring a string here.
     // TODO: consider if we want to capitalize *before* this. First intuition is
@@ -526,6 +532,7 @@
   // Set up reference handling for glossary terms
   show ref: r => {
     let (raw_key, ..raw_modifiers) = str(r.target).split(":")
+    let supplement = r.supplement // used for term display overrides
 
     // Determine if we need to swap the key and first modifier.
     // Conditions for swapping:
@@ -545,7 +552,7 @@
     // Now see if this is an actual glossary term key
     if __has_entry(key) {
       // Found in dictionary, render via __gls()
-      __gls(key, modifiers: modifiers.map(lower), format-term: format-term, show-term: show-term, term-links: term-links)
+      __gls(key, modifiers: modifiers.map(lower), format-term: format-term, show-term: show-term, term-links: term-links, display-text: supplement)
     } else {
       // Not one of ours, so just pass it through
       r
diff --git a/glossy/tests/override-display/ref/1.png b/glossy/tests/override-display/ref/1.png
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diff --git a/glossy/tests/override-display/test.typ b/glossy/tests/override-display/test.typ
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5a01b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glossy/tests/override-display/test.typ
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#import "/lib.typ": *
+
+#let myGlossary = (
+  html: (
+    short: "HTML",
+    long: "Hypertext Markup Language",
+    description: "A standard language for creating web pages",
+    group: "Web"),
+  css: (
+    short: "CSS",
+    long: "Cascading Style Sheets",
+    description: "A language used for describing the presentation of a document",
+    group: "Web"),
+  tps: (
+    short: "TPS",
+    long: "test procedure specification",
+    description: "A document on how to run all the test procedures"),
+   unused: "Unused term, which shouldn't print in the glossary."
+)
+
+#show: init-glossary.with(myGlossary)
+
+#set page(height: auto, width: 6.5in, margin: 1em, numbering: "1")
+
+= Overriding term display
+
+Here is @html[HTML being overidden].
+
+Here is @css[] (blank).
+
+Here is @tps[TPS with #emph("content")]
+
+#glossary()