diff --git a/docs/third-party/licenses.md b/docs/third-party/licenses.md
index f3e00a4589..bc3fd45599 100644
--- a/docs/third-party/licenses.md
+++ b/docs/third-party/licenses.md
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ Third-Party Licenses
 | [json3](https://www.npmjs.com/package/json3) | [MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) |
 | [json5](https://www.npmjs.com/package/json5) | [MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) |
 | [jsonfile](https://www.npmjs.com/package/jsonfile) | [MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) |
-| [jsonify](https://www.npmjs.com/package/jsonify) | [Public Domain](\#) |
+| [jsonify](https://www.npmjs.com/package/jsonify) | [Public Domain](#) |
 | [jsonpointer](https://www.npmjs.com/package/jsonpointer) | [MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) |
 | [jsprim](https://www.npmjs.com/package/jsprim) | [MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) |
 | [jsx-ast-utils](https://www.npmjs.com/package/jsx-ast-utils) | [MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) |
diff --git a/tools/lint_license/license_settings.yaml b/tools/lint_license/license_settings.yaml
index e4a867cfd2..f1a9fdeb96 100644
--- a/tools/lint_license/license_settings.yaml
+++ b/tools/lint_license/license_settings.yaml
@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@ allowed_licenses:
   MPL-2.0:
     https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/2.0/
   Public Domain:
-    \#
-  Public domain:
-    \#
+    '#'
 
   # FreeBSD and BSD-2-Clause refer to the same license
   FreeBSD: