diff --git a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/springer_article/resources/template.tex b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/springer_article/resources/template.tex
index 67b91f3a4..70d645330 100755
--- a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/springer_article/resources/template.tex
+++ b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/springer_article/resources/template.tex
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 %
 \usepackage{amsmath}
 \usepackage{graphicx}
+\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
 
 \usepackage[hyphens]{url} % not crucial - just used below for the URL
 \usepackage{hyperref}
diff --git a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/springer_article/skeleton/skeleton.Rmd b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/springer_article/skeleton/skeleton.Rmd
index c31332d2d..781741eb7 100755
--- a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/springer_article/skeleton/skeleton.Rmd
+++ b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/springer_article/skeleton/skeleton.Rmd
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ thanks: |
     end of the article.
 
 authors: 
-- name: Author 1
+- name: Äüthör 1
   address: Department of YYY, University of XXX
   email: abc@def
   
-- name: Author 2
+- name: Âuthóř 2
   address: Department of ZZZ, University of WWW
   email: djf@wef
 
diff --git a/man/springer_article.Rd b/man/springer_article.Rd
index 508cbfa86..e8a80a148 100644
--- a/man/springer_article.Rd
+++ b/man/springer_article.Rd
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ or \code{biblatex}. Use \code{none} if neither package is to be used.}
 R Markdown output format to pass to \code{\link[rmarkdown:render]{render}}
 }
 \description{
-This format was adapted from Journal of American Statistical association
+This format was adapted from the Springer Macro package for Springer
+Journals.
 }
 \examples{
 \dontrun{