diff --git a/content/get-started/writing-on-github/getting-started-with-writing-and-formatting-on-github/basic-writing-and-formatting-syntax.md b/content/get-started/writing-on-github/getting-started-with-writing-and-formatting-on-github/basic-writing-and-formatting-syntax.md
index 3b131a3c533a..dc63ed93a0a5 100644
--- a/content/get-started/writing-on-github/getting-started-with-writing-and-formatting-on-github/basic-writing-and-formatting-syntax.md
+++ b/content/get-started/writing-on-github/getting-started-with-writing-and-formatting-on-github/basic-writing-and-formatting-syntax.md
@@ -400,8 +400,8 @@ Here is a simple footnote[^1].
 A footnote can also have multiple lines[^2].
 
 [^1]: My reference.
-[^2]: To add line breaks within a footnote, prefix new lines with 2 spaces.
-  This is a second line.
+[^2]: To add line breaks within a footnote, add 2 spaces to the end of a line.  
+This is a second line.
 ```
 
 The footnote will render like this: