diff --git a/data/beautifulhugo/social.toml b/data/beautifulhugo/social.toml
index 0ebf7741..b88a3199 100644
--- a/data/beautifulhugo/social.toml
+++ b/data/beautifulhugo/social.toml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ icon = "fab fa-reddit-alien"
 
 [[social_icons]]
 id = "linkedin"
-url = "https://linkedin.com/in/%s"
+url = "https://linkedin.com/%s"
 title = "LinkedIn"
 icon = "fab fa-linkedin"
 
diff --git a/exampleSite/config.toml b/exampleSite/config.toml
index 97699bad..2bb9767e 100644
--- a/exampleSite/config.toml
+++ b/exampleSite/config.toml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ pygmentsCodefencesGuessSyntax = true
   bitbucket = "username"
   twitter = "username"
   reddit = "username"
-  linkedin = "username"
+  linkedin = "in/username" # or company/username
   xing = "username"
   stackoverflow = "users/XXXXXXX/username"
   snapchat = "username"