diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6fd736fcfd4d..bc4fa8454c76 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -367,13 +367,13 @@ You can also add new `*.bib` files and customize the look of your publications h
 
 <details><summary>(click to expand) <strong>Author annotation:</strong></summary>
 
-In publications, the author entry for yourself is identified by string `scholar:last_name` and string array `scholar:first_name` in `_config.yml`:
+In publications, the author entry for yourself is identified by string array `scholar:last_name` and string array `scholar:first_name` in `_config.yml`:
 ```
 scholar:
-  last_name: Einstein
+  last_name: [Einstein]
   first_name: [Albert, A.]
 ```
-If the entry matches the last name and one form of the first names, it will be underlined.
+If the entry matches one form of the last names and the first names, it will be underlined.
 Keep meta-information about your co-authors in `_data/coauthors.yml` and Jekyll will insert links to their webpages automatically.
 The coauthor data format in `_data/coauthors.yml` is as follows,
 ```
diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index ce7e1b8da9a5..71597db4f91e 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ display_tags: ['formatting', 'images', 'links', 'math', 'code'] # this tags will
 
 scholar:
 
-  last_name: Einstein
+  last_name: [Einstein]
   first_name: [Albert, A.]
 
   style: apa
diff --git a/_layouts/bib.html b/_layouts/bib.html
index 8588d70b5f93..f92d3829edda 100644
--- a/_layouts/bib.html
+++ b/_layouts/bib.html
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
           {%- for author in entry.author_array limit: author_array_limit -%}
             {%- assign author_is_self = false -%}
             {%- assign author_last_name = author.last | remove: "¶" | remove: "&" | remove: "*" | remove: "†" | remove: "^" -%}
-            {%- if author_last_name == site.scholar.last_name -%}
+            {%- if site.scholar.last_name contains author_last_name -%}
               {%- if site.scholar.first_name contains author.first -%}
                 {%- assign author_is_self = true -%}
               {%- endif -%}