diff --git a/packages/editor/src/components/url-input/index.js b/packages/editor/src/components/url-input/index.js
index 23762991cddcff..c841d1acf35991 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/components/url-input/index.js
+++ b/packages/editor/src/components/url-input/index.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import scrollIntoView from 'dom-scroll-into-view';
 import { __, sprintf, _n } from '@wordpress/i18n';
 import { Component, Fragment, createRef } from '@wordpress/element';
 import { decodeEntities } from '@wordpress/html-entities';
-import { UP, DOWN, ENTER } from '@wordpress/keycodes';
+import { UP, DOWN, ENTER, TAB } from '@wordpress/keycodes';
 import { Spinner, withSpokenMessages, Popover } from '@wordpress/components';
 import { withInstanceId } from '@wordpress/compose';
 import apiFetch from '@wordpress/api-fetch';
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class URLInput extends Component {
 		this.onChange = this.onChange.bind( this );
 		this.onKeyDown = this.onKeyDown.bind( this );
 		this.autocompleteRef = autocompleteRef || createRef();
+		this.inputRef = createRef();
 		this.updateSuggestions = throttle( this.updateSuggestions.bind( this ), 200 );
 
 		this.suggestionNodes = [];
@@ -140,6 +141,8 @@ class URLInput extends Component {
 			return;
 		}
 
+		const post = this.state.posts[ this.state.selectedSuggestion ];
+
 		switch ( event.keyCode ) {
 			case UP: {
 				event.stopPropagation();
@@ -159,12 +162,20 @@ class URLInput extends Component {
 				} );
 				break;
 			}
+			case TAB: {
+				if ( this.state.selectedSuggestion !== null ) {
+					this.selectLink( post );
+					// Announce a link has been selected when tabbing away from the input field.
+					this.props.speak( __( 'Link selected' ) );
+				}
+				break;
+			}
 			case ENTER: {
 				if ( this.state.selectedSuggestion !== null ) {
 					event.stopPropagation();
-					const post = this.state.posts[ this.state.selectedSuggestion ];
 					this.selectLink( post );
 				}
+				break;
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -177,6 +188,12 @@ class URLInput extends Component {
 		} );
 	}
 
+	handleOnClick( post ) {
+		this.selectLink( post );
+		// Move focus to the input field when a link suggestion is clicked.
+		this.inputRef.current.focus();
+	}
+
 	render() {
 		const { value = '', autoFocus = true, instanceId } = this.props;
 		const { showSuggestions, posts, selectedSuggestion, loading } = this.state;
@@ -199,6 +216,7 @@ class URLInput extends Component {
 						aria-autocomplete="list"
 						aria-owns={ `editor-url-input-suggestions-${ instanceId }` }
 						aria-activedescendant={ selectedSuggestion !== null ? `editor-url-input-suggestion-${ instanceId }-${ selectedSuggestion }` : undefined }
+						ref={ this.inputRef }
 					/>
 
 					{ ( loading ) && <Spinner /> }
@@ -222,7 +240,7 @@ class URLInput extends Component {
 									className={ classnames( 'editor-url-input__suggestion', {
 										'is-selected': index === selectedSuggestion,
 									} ) }
-									onClick={ () => this.selectLink( post ) }
+									onClick={ () => this.handleOnClick( post ) }
 									aria-selected={ index === selectedSuggestion }
 								>
 									{ decodeEntities( post.title ) || __( '(no title)' ) }
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/components/url-input/style.scss b/packages/editor/src/components/url-input/style.scss
index 3fe564178d683a..0946802bcbd059 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/components/url-input/style.scss
+++ b/packages/editor/src/components/url-input/style.scss
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 // Link input
-$input-padding: 9px 8px;
+$input-padding: 8px;
 $input-size: 300px;
 
 .editor-block-list__block .editor-url-input,
 .components-popover .editor-url-input,
 .editor-url-input {
-	width: 100%;
 	flex-grow: 1;
 	position: relative;
 	padding: 1px;
@@ -28,8 +27,8 @@ $input-size: 300px;
 
 	.components-spinner {
 		position: absolute;
-		right: 0;
-		top: $input-padding;
+		right: $input-padding;
+		top: $input-padding + 1;
 		margin: 0;
 	}
 }
@@ -38,9 +37,10 @@ $input-size: 300px;
 .editor-url-input__suggestions {
 	max-height: 200px;
 	transition: all 0.15s ease-in-out;
-	list-style: none;
 	padding: 4px 0;
-	width: $input-size + 2 * $icon-button-size;
+	// To match the url-input width: input width + padding + 2 buttons.
+	width: $input-size + 2 + 2 * $icon-button-size;
+	overflow-y: auto;
 }
 
 // Hide suggestions on mobile until we @todo find a better way to show them
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ $input-size: 300px;
 }
 
 .editor-url-input__suggestion {
-	padding: 4px #{ $icon-button-size + $input-padding } 4px $input-padding;
+	padding: 4px $input-padding;
 	color: $dark-gray-300; // lightest we can use for contrast
 	display: block;
 	font-size: $default-font-size;
diff --git a/packages/format-library/src/link/inline.js b/packages/format-library/src/link/inline.js
index 95fb1eb4045252..ef3ec4513adb53 100644
--- a/packages/format-library/src/link/inline.js
+++ b/packages/format-library/src/link/inline.js
@@ -179,9 +179,9 @@ class InlineLinkUI extends Component {
 		this.resetState();
 
 		if ( isActive ) {
-			speak( __( 'Link edited.' ), 'assertive' );
+			speak( __( 'Link edited' ), 'assertive' );
 		} else {
-			speak( __( 'Link added.' ), 'assertive' );
+			speak( __( 'Link inserted' ), 'assertive' );
 		}
 	}