diff --git a/conservancy/usethesource/templates/usethesource/candidate.html b/conservancy/usethesource/templates/usethesource/candidate.html
index 3c50de9d6b6ac5d6f0ff036ea8620cdf6fa6f6aa..d38444bc982799a74016cb5a4dc8011c976b2e78 100644
--- a/conservancy/usethesource/templates/usethesource/candidate.html
+++ b/conservancy/usethesource/templates/usethesource/candidate.html
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
       </div>
     </div>
 
-    {{ candidate.description|linebreaks }}
+    {{ candidate.description|urlize|linebreaksbr }}
 
     {% with comments=candidate.comment_set.all %}
       {% if comments or user.is_staff %}<h3 class="f3 lh-title mt4">Comments</h3>{% endif %}
diff --git a/conservancy/usethesource/templates/usethesource/comment_partial.html b/conservancy/usethesource/templates/usethesource/comment_partial.html
index ccbfc0c69dc9e050ade4ca0d997e4488fb92fa61..d3fd63d73d0fa3e5358874a3fdaba1a284292885 100644
--- a/conservancy/usethesource/templates/usethesource/comment_partial.html
+++ b/conservancy/usethesource/templates/usethesource/comment_partial.html
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
     <a href="#" class="f7 white bg-light-silver ph2" hx-get="{% url 'usethesource:edit_comment' comment_id=comment.id %}">edit</a>
     <a href="#" class="f7 white bg-light-red ph2" hx-delete="{% url 'usethesource:delete_comment' comment_id=comment.id show_add='false' %}" hx-confirm="Are you sure you want to delete this comment?">delete</a>
   {% endif %}
-  <br>{{ comment.message|linebreaks }}
+  <br>{{ comment.message|urlize|linebreaksbr }}
 </div>