diff --git a/content/github/creating-cloning-and-archiving-repositories/creating-a-repository-on-github/about-citation-files.md b/content/github/creating-cloning-and-archiving-repositories/creating-a-repository-on-github/about-citation-files.md
index 0fea9efe48..d9aced09e6 100644
--- a/content/github/creating-cloning-and-archiving-repositories/creating-a-repository-on-github/about-citation-files.md
+++ b/content/github/creating-cloning-and-archiving-repositories/creating-a-repository-on-github/about-citation-files.md
@@ -17,17 +17,17 @@ Example CITATION.cff:
 cff-version: 1.2.0
 message: "If you use this software, please cite it as below."
 authors:
-- family-names: Lisa
-  given-names: Mona
-  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000
-- family-names: Bot
-  given-names: Hew
-  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000
+- family-names: "Lisa"
+  given-names: "Mona"
+  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000"
+- family-names: "Bot"
+  given-names: "Hew"
+  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000"
 title: "My Research Software"
 version: 2.0.4
 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.1234
 date-released: 2017-12-18
-url: https://github.com/github/linguist
+url: "https://github.com/github/linguist"
 ```
 
 For more information, see the [Citation File Format](https://citation-file-format.github.io/) website.