diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index 741a9786..9b7d2cec 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -1572,7 +1572,7 @@ I might try switching to and using denote instead of Org Roam. Denote doesn't us
         denote-modules '(project xref ffap)
         denote-known-keywords '("emacs" "bible" "jesus" "tfc" "lesson" "it" "dev"))
 
-  (setq denote-rename-buffer-format "[D] %>t")
+  (setq denote-rename-buffer-format "%D")
   (denote-rename-buffer-mode +1)
   (setq denote-org-front-matter
         "#+TITLE: %1$s\n#+AUTHOR: Chris Cochrun\n#+CREATED: %2$s\n#+filetags: %3$s\n#+identifier: %4$s\n")
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 04ae8023..484db09b 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ much faster. The hope is to also make this a faster version of imenu."
         denote-modules '(project xref ffap)
         denote-known-keywords '("emacs" "bible" "jesus" "tfc" "lesson" "it" "dev"))
 
-  (setq denote-rename-buffer-format "[D] %>t")
+  (setq denote-rename-buffer-format "%D")
   (denote-rename-buffer-mode +1)
   (setq denote-org-front-matter
         "#+TITLE: %1$s\n#+AUTHOR: Chris Cochrun\n#+CREATED: %2$s\n#+filetags: %3$s\n#+identifier: %4$s\n")