diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 2d088b6..0e94ea5 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Authors@R: c(
     person("Martin", "Chilvers", , "chilvers@msu.edu", role = c("aut", "ths"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-8832-1666")),
     person("Jari", "Oksanen", , "jhoksane@gmail.com", role = "aut",
-           comment = "Contributed fix for the use of {vegan} in betadiversity vignette."),
+           comment = "Contributed fix for the use of 'vegan' in betadiversity vignette."),
     person("Zhian N.", "Kamvar", role = c("ctb", "rev"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-1458-7108")),
     person("Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee", role = "fnd"),
diff --git a/man/hagis-package.Rd b/man/hagis-package.Rd
index b2766ec..c4bcac2 100644
--- a/man/hagis-package.Rd
+++ b/man/hagis-package.Rd
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Authors:
   \item Austin G. McCoy \email{mccoyaus@msu.edu} (\href{https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2483-4184}{ORCID}) [conceptor]
   \item Zachary Noel \email{noelzach@msu.edu} (\href{https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6375-8300}{ORCID}) [conceptor]
   \item Martin Chilvers \email{chilvers@msu.edu} (\href{https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8832-1666}{ORCID}) [thesis advisor]
-  \item Jari Oksanen \email{jhoksane@gmail.com} (Contributed fix for the use of {vegan} in betadiversity vignette.)
+  \item Jari Oksanen \email{jhoksane@gmail.com} (Contributed fix for the use of 'vegan' in betadiversity vignette.)
 }
 
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