diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 1e59cc73..1a24dda4 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 * improvements in `todos()` and `fixmes()`
   * File extension can now be set [#170](https://github.com/jmbarbone/mark/issues/170), which by default includes `qmd` ([#163]((https://github.com/jmbarbone/mark/issues/163))) and `py` files
   * new parameter `ignore` to ignore any files
-  * file paths and line numbers can now be _clicked_ within RStudio ([#171]((https://github.com/jmbarbone/mark/issues/171))) output format is changed
+  * file paths and line numbers can now be _clicked_ within RStudio ([#171]((https://github.com/jmbarbone/mark/issues/171)))
 
 # mark 0.6.0
 
diff --git a/R/todos.R b/R/todos.R
index 4ea7b815..b18e7ddc 100644
--- a/R/todos.R
+++ b/R/todos.R
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ do_todo <- function( # nolint: cyclocomp_linter.
     set_names(as.list(Reduce(rbind, finds)), c("line", text))
   ))
 
+  out[["file"]] <- fs::path_rel(out[["file"]], getwd())
   out <- out[, c("line", "file", text)]
   ind <- tolower(tools::file_ext(out[["file"]])) %in% c("md", "qmd", "rmd")