diff --git a/content/developers/apps/building-github-apps/authenticating-with-github-apps.md b/content/developers/apps/building-github-apps/authenticating-with-github-apps.md
index eec6ecdec4..70a5269dbf 100644
--- a/content/developers/apps/building-github-apps/authenticating-with-github-apps.md
+++ b/content/developers/apps/building-github-apps/authenticating-with-github-apps.md
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jwt = JWT.encode(payload, private_key, "RS256")
 puts jwt
 ```
 
-`YOUR_PATH_TO_PEM` and `YOUR_APP_ID` are the values you must replace.
+`YOUR_PATH_TO_PEM` and `YOUR_APP_ID` are the values you must replace and make sure to enclose them in double quotes.
 
 Use your {% data variables.product.prodname_github_app %}'s identifier (`YOUR_APP_ID`) as the value for the JWT [iss](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7519#section-4.1.1) (issuer) claim. You can obtain the {% data variables.product.prodname_github_app %} identifier via the initial webhook ping after [creating the app](/apps/building-github-apps/creating-a-github-app/), or at any time from the app settings page in the GitHub.com UI.