diff --git a/src/app/features/collections/components/add-to-collection/project-metadata-step/project-metadata-step.component.html b/src/app/features/collections/components/add-to-collection/project-metadata-step/project-metadata-step.component.html
index 0f571c820..13337d3a1 100644
--- a/src/app/features/collections/components/add-to-collection/project-metadata-step/project-metadata-step.component.html
+++ b/src/app/features/collections/components/add-to-collection/project-metadata-step/project-metadata-step.component.html
@@ -116,15 +116,7 @@ <h3>{{ 'collections.addToCollection.projectMetadata' | translate }}</h3>
 
             <p class="highlight-block p-3">
               <osf-truncated-text
-                [text]="
-                  license.text
-                    | interpolate
-                      : {
-                          year: projectMetadataForm.controls[ProjectMetadataFormControls.LicenseYear].value || '',
-                          copyrightHolders:
-                            projectMetadataForm.controls[ProjectMetadataFormControls.CopyrightHolders].value || '',
-                        }
-                "
+                [text]="license.text | interpolate: { year: year, copyrightHolders: copyrightHolders }"
               />
             </p>
           }
diff --git a/src/app/features/collections/components/add-to-collection/project-metadata-step/project-metadata-step.component.ts b/src/app/features/collections/components/add-to-collection/project-metadata-step/project-metadata-step.component.ts
index ed402f964..94d669a26 100644
--- a/src/app/features/collections/components/add-to-collection/project-metadata-step/project-metadata-step.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/collections/components/add-to-collection/project-metadata-step/project-metadata-step.component.ts
@@ -117,6 +117,15 @@ export class ProjectMetadataStepComponent {
     return this.formService.isFormUnchanged(currentFormValues ?? null, initialFormValues);
   });
 
+  get copyrightHolders() {
+    const control = this.projectMetadataForm.controls[ProjectMetadataFormControls.CopyrightHolders];
+    return control.value ? `${control.value}.` : '';
+  }
+
+  get year() {
+    return this.projectMetadataForm.controls[ProjectMetadataFormControls.LicenseYear].value || '';
+  }
+
   constructor() {
     this.setupEffects();
   }