diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 53d937be..58a010c4 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ inputs:
     description: Either "string" or "json" (default "json")—how the result will be encoded
     default: json
   retries:
-    description: "The number of times to retry a request"
+    description: The number of times to retry a request
     default: "0"
   retry-exempt-status-codes:
-    description: "A comma separated list of status codes that will NOT be retried. Example: '400,500'. No effect unless `retries` is set."
-    default: "400, 401, 403, 404, 422" # from https://github.com/octokit/plugin-retry.js/blob/9a2443746c350b3beedec35cf26e197ea318a261/src/index.ts#L14
+    description: A comma separated list of status codes that will NOT be retried e.g. "400,500". No effect unless `retries` is set
+    default: 400,401,403,404,422 # from https://github.com/octokit/plugin-retry.js/blob/9a2443746c350b3beedec35cf26e197ea318a261/src/index.ts#L14
 outputs:
   result:
     description: The return value of the script, stringified with `JSON.stringify`