diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 23975082e494..06e5a1c54d73 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ### Improvements
 
+* (x/gov, x/group) [#14472](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/14356) The recommended metadata format for x/gov and x/group proposals now uses an array of strings (instead of a single string) for the `authors` field.
 * (crypto) [#14460](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/14460) Check the signature returned by a ledger device against the public key in the keyring.
 * (x/gov) [#14390](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/14390) Add title, proposer and summary to proposal struct
 * [#14356](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/14356) Add `events.GetAttributes` and `event.GetAttribute` methods to simplify the retrieval of an attribute from event(s).
diff --git a/x/gov/README.md b/x/gov/README.md
index dd1ed16788dc..7adaac894dd0 100644
--- a/x/gov/README.md
+++ b/x/gov/README.md
@@ -2590,7 +2590,7 @@ Location: off-chain as json object stored on IPFS (mirrors [group proposal](../g
 ```json
 {
   "title": "",
-  "authors": "",
+  "authors": [""],
   "summary": "",
   "details": "",
   "proposal_forum_url": "",
diff --git a/x/group/README.md b/x/group/README.md
index edbbc3486775..8243038eaef7 100644
--- a/x/group/README.md
+++ b/x/group/README.md
@@ -2099,7 +2099,7 @@ Location: off-chain as json object stored on IPFS (mirrors [gov proposal](../gov
 ```json
 {
   "title": "",
-  "authors": "",
+  "authors": [""],
   "summary": "",
   "details": "",
   "proposal_forum_url": "",