diff --git a/_data/authors.yml b/_data/authors.yml
index d91c3bd9..d49d88bf 100644
--- a/_data/authors.yml
+++ b/_data/authors.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ billy_rick:
   avatar: bio-photo-2.jpg
   twitter: extravagantman
   google:
-    plus: +BillyRick
+    plus: BillyRick
 
 cornelius_fiddlebone:
   name: Cornelius Fiddlebone
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ cornelius_fiddlebone:
   avatar: bio-photo.jpg
   twitter: rhymeswithsackit
   google:
-    plus: +CorneliusFiddlebone
\ No newline at end of file
+    plus: CorneliusFiddlebone
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_posts/2014-07-31-author-override.md b/_posts/2014-07-31-author-override.md
index 2735d807..5d23b9cc 100644
--- a/_posts/2014-07-31-author-override.md
+++ b/_posts/2014-07-31-author-override.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ billy_rick:
   avatar: bio-photo-2.jpg
   twitter: extravagantman
   google:
-    plus: +BillyRick
+    plus: BillyRick
 
 cornelius_fiddlebone:
   name: Cornelius Fiddlebone
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ cornelius_fiddlebone:
   avatar: bio-photo.jpg
   twitter: rhymeswithsackit
   google:
-    plus: +CorneliusFiddlebone
+    plus: CorneliusFiddlebone
 {% endhighlight %}
 
 To assign Billy Rick as an author for our post. You'd add the following YAML front matter to a post: