diff --git a/plugins/github.py b/plugins/github.py
index 07b8357..f763d36 100644
--- a/plugins/github.py
+++ b/plugins/github.py
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ def ghissues(inp):
                 return "Repo has no open issues"
     except ValueError:
         return "Invalid data returned. Check arguments (.github issues username/repo [number]"
-    fmt = "Issue: #{} ({}) by {}: {} | {} {}"  # (number, state, user.login, title, truncate(body), gitio.gitio(data.url))
-    fmt1 = "Issue: #{} ({}) by {}: {} {}"  # (number, state, user.login, title, gitio.gitio(data.url))
+    fmt = "Issue: #%s (%s) by %s: %s | %s %s"  # (number, state, user.login, title, truncate(body), gitio.gitio(data.url))
+    fmt1 = "Issue: #%s (%s) by %s: %s %s"  # (number, state, user.login, title, gitio.gitio(data.url))
     number = data["number"]
     if data["state"] == "open":
         state = u"\x033\x02OPEN\x02\x0f"