diff --git a/datasette/views/base.py b/datasette/views/base.py
index aee06b01..bdc9f742 100644
--- a/datasette/views/base.py
+++ b/datasette/views/base.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class BaseView:
             template_context["alternate_url_json"] = alternate_url_json
             headers.update(
                 {
-                    "Link": '{}; rel="alternate"; type="application/json+datasette"'.format(
+                    "Link": '<{}>; rel="alternate"; type="application/json+datasette"'.format(
                         alternate_url_json
                     )
                 }
diff --git a/datasette/views/database.py b/datasette/views/database.py
index 7b081eae..33ee07b3 100644
--- a/datasette/views/database.py
+++ b/datasette/views/database.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class DatabaseView(View):
                 view_name="database",
             ),
             headers={
-                "Link": '{}; rel="alternate"; type="application/json+datasette"'.format(
+                "Link": '<{}>; rel="alternate"; type="application/json+datasette"'.format(
                     alternate_url_json
                 )
             },
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ class QueryView(View):
             data = {}
             headers.update(
                 {
-                    "Link": '{}; rel="alternate"; type="application/json+datasette"'.format(
+                    "Link": '<{}>; rel="alternate"; type="application/json+datasette"'.format(
                         alternate_url_json
                     )
                 }
diff --git a/datasette/views/table.py b/datasette/views/table.py
index 82dab613..d87ac2aa 100644
--- a/datasette/views/table.py
+++ b/datasette/views/table.py
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ async def table_view_traced(datasette, request):
         )
         headers.update(
             {
-                "Link": '{}; rel="alternate"; type="application/json+datasette"'.format(
+                "Link": '<{}>; rel="alternate"; type="application/json+datasette"'.format(
                     alternate_url_json
                 )
             }
diff --git a/docs/json_api.rst b/docs/json_api.rst
index 5a28f042..3f696f39 100644
--- a/docs/json_api.rst
+++ b/docs/json_api.rst
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ You can find this near the top of the source code of those pages, looking like t
 
 The JSON URL is also made available in a ``Link`` HTTP header for the page::
 
-    Link: https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures/sortable.json; rel="alternate"; type="application/json+datasette"
+    Link: <https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures/sortable.json>; rel="alternate"; type="application/json+datasette"
 
 .. _json_api_cors:
 
diff --git a/tests/test_canned_queries.py b/tests/test_canned_queries.py
index d1ed06d1..c84c8cdb 100644
--- a/tests/test_canned_queries.py
+++ b/tests/test_canned_queries.py
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ def test_canned_write_custom_template(canned_write_client):
     )
     assert (
         response.headers["link"]
-        == 'http://localhost/data/update_name.json; rel="alternate"; type="application/json+datasette"'
+        == '<http://localhost/data/update_name.json>; rel="alternate"; type="application/json+datasette"'
     )
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_html.py b/tests/test_html.py
index 5766cea1..085fa037 100644
--- a/tests/test_html.py
+++ b/tests/test_html.py
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ async def test_alternate_url_json(ds_client, path, expected):
     response = await ds_client.get(path)
     assert response.status_code == 200
     link = response.headers["link"]
-    assert link == '{}; rel="alternate"; type="application/json+datasette"'.format(
+    assert link == '<{}>; rel="alternate"; type="application/json+datasette"'.format(
         expected
     )
     assert (