diff --git a/content/actions/monitoring-and-troubleshooting-workflows/adding-a-workflow-status-badge.md b/content/actions/monitoring-and-troubleshooting-workflows/adding-a-workflow-status-badge.md
index 906ff89291..fad588ab5c 100644
--- a/content/actions/monitoring-and-troubleshooting-workflows/adding-a-workflow-status-badge.md
+++ b/content/actions/monitoring-and-troubleshooting-workflows/adding-a-workflow-status-badge.md
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ To add a workflow status badge to your `README.md` file, first find the URL for
 
 ## Using the workflow file name
 
-You can reference a workflow status badge using the name of the workflow file:
+You can find the URL for a workflow status badge using the name of the workflow file:
 
-```markdown
-![example workflow]({% ifversion fpt or ghec %}https://github.com{% else %}<HOSTNAME>{% endif %}/<OWNER>/<REPOSITORY>/actions/workflows/<WORKFLOW_FILE>/badge.svg)
 ```
+{% ifversion fpt or ghec %}https://github.com{% else %}<HOSTNAME>{% endif %}/<OWNER>/<REPOSITORY>/actions/workflows/<WORKFLOW_FILE>/badge.svg
+```
+
+To display the workflow status badge in your `README.md` file, use the Markdown markup for embedding images. For more information about image markup in Markdown, see "[Basic writing and formatting syntax](/get-started/writing-on-github/getting-started-with-writing-and-formatting-on-github/basic-writing-and-formatting-syntax#images)."
 
 For example, add the following Markdown to your `README.md` file to add a status badge for a workflow with the file path `.github/workflows/main.yml`. The `OWNER` of the repository is the `github` organization and the `REPOSITORY` name is `docs`.