diff --git a/pkg/cmd/cache/delete/delete.go b/pkg/cmd/cache/delete/delete.go
index 1835d87b1..65a9d696a 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/cache/delete/delete.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/cache/delete/delete.go
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ func NewCmdDelete(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*DeleteOptions) error) *cobra.Co
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "delete [<cache-id>| <cache-key> | --all]",
 		Short: "Delete GitHub Actions caches",
-		Long: heredoc.Doc(`
+		Long: heredoc.Docf(`
 			Delete GitHub Actions caches.
 
-			Deletion requires authorization with the "repo" scope.
-		`),
+			Deletion requires authorization with the %[1]srepo%[1]s scope.
+		`, "`"),
 		Example: heredoc.Doc(`
 			# Delete a cache by id
 			$ gh cache delete 1234
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/repo/delete/delete.go b/pkg/cmd/repo/delete/delete.go
index e6fbf6363..7c6476f1d 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/repo/delete/delete.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/repo/delete/delete.go
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ func NewCmdDelete(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*DeleteOptions) error) *cobra.Co
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "delete [<repository>]",
 		Short: "Delete a repository",
-		Long: heredoc.Doc(`
+		Long: heredoc.Docf(`
 			Delete a GitHub repository.
 			
 			With no argument, deletes the current repository. Otherwise, deletes the specified repository.
 
-			Deletion requires authorization with the "delete_repo" scope. 
-			To authorize, run "gh auth refresh -s delete_repo"
-		`),
+			Deletion requires authorization with the %[1]sdelete_repo%[1]s scope. 
+			To authorize, run %[1]sgh auth refresh -s delete_repo%[1]s
+		`, "`"),
 		Args: cobra.MaximumNArgs(1),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			if len(args) > 0 {