diff --git a/lib/src/markdown_processor.dart b/lib/src/markdown_processor.dart
index 5cfabf5df5..12a66dec2c 100644
--- a/lib/src/markdown_processor.dart
+++ b/lib/src/markdown_processor.dart
@@ -446,15 +446,22 @@ class _MarkdownCommentReference {
         // If a result is accessible in this library, prefer that.
         _reducePreferResultsAccessibleInSameLibrary,
         // This may refer to an element with the same name in multiple libraries
-        // in an external package, e.g. Matrix4 in vector_math and vector_math_64.
-        // Disambiguate by attempting to figure out which of them our package
-        // is actually using by checking the import/export graph.
+        // in an external package, e.g. Matrix4 in vector_math and
+        // vector_math_64.  Disambiguate by attempting to figure out which of
+        // them our package is actually using by checking the import/export
+        // graph.
         _reducePreferLibrariesInLocalImportExportGraph,
-        // If a result's fully qualified name has pieces of the comment reference,
-        // prefer that.
+        // If a result's fully qualified name has pieces of the comment
+        // reference, prefer that.
         _reducePreferReferencesIncludingFullyQualifiedName,
-        // Prefer the Dart analyzer's resolution of comment references.  We can't
-        // start from this because of the differences in Dartdoc canonicalization.
+        // If the reference is indicated to be a constructor, prefer
+        // constructors.  This is not as generic as it sounds; very few naming
+        // conflicts are allowed, but an instance field is allowed to have the
+        // same name as a named constructor.
+        _reducePreferConstructorViaIndicators,
+        // Prefer the Dart analyzer's resolution of comment references.  We
+        // can't start from this because of the differences in Dartdoc
+        // canonicalization.
         _reducePreferAnalyzerResolution,
       ]) {
         reduceMethod();
@@ -497,6 +504,13 @@ class _MarkdownCommentReference {
     }
   }
 
+  void _reducePreferConstructorViaIndicators() {
+    if (codeRef.contains(_constructorIndicationPattern) &&
+        codeRefChompedParts.length >= 2) {
+      results.removeWhere((r) => r is! Constructor);
+    }
+  }
+
   void _reducePreferReferencesIncludingFullyQualifiedName() {
     var startName = '${element.fullyQualifiedName}.';
     var realName = '${element.fullyQualifiedName}.${codeRefChomped}';
diff --git a/test/end2end/model_test.dart b/test/end2end/model_test.dart
index d77010055c..5b28c259c1 100644
--- a/test/end2end/model_test.dart
+++ b/test/end2end/model_test.dart
@@ -1336,6 +1336,17 @@ void main() {
               'null-checked variable <a href="${HTMLBASE_PLACEHOLDER}ex/myNumber.html">myNumber!</a>'));
     });
 
+    test('reference to constructor named the same as a field', () {
+      var FieldAndCtorWithSameName = exLibrary.classes
+          .firstWhere((c) => c.name == 'FieldAndCtorWithSameName');
+      var comment = FieldAndCtorWithSameName.documentationAsHtml;
+      expect(
+          comment,
+          contains('Reference to '
+              '<a href="${HTMLBASE_PLACEHOLDER}ex/FieldAndCtorWithSameName/FieldAndCtorWithSameName.named.html">'
+              'FieldAndCtorWithSameName.named()</a>'));
+    });
+
     test('reference to class from another library', () {
       var comment = superAwesomeClass.documentationAsHtml;
       expect(
@@ -1641,7 +1652,7 @@ void main() {
     });
 
     test('correctly finds all the classes', () {
-      expect(classes, hasLength(35));
+      expect(classes, hasLength(36));
     });
 
     test('abstract', () {
diff --git a/testing/test_package/lib/example.dart b/testing/test_package/lib/example.dart
index 11c9c9b520..ce8ae82949 100644
--- a/testing/test_package/lib/example.dart
+++ b/testing/test_package/lib/example.dart
@@ -262,6 +262,13 @@ class B extends Apple with Cat {
 /// Reference to nullable type: [Apple?] and null-checked variable [myNumber!].
 class RefsWithQsAndBangs {}
 
+/// Reference to [FieldAndCtorWithSameName.named()].
+class FieldAndCtorWithSameName {
+  FieldAndCtorWithSameName.named();
+
+  int named;
+}
+
 // Do NOT add a doc comment to C. Testing blank comments.
 
 abstract class Cat {