diff --git a/r/.lintr b/r/.lintr
index 085ff45123411..d920f77e9bbd3 100644
--- a/r/.lintr
+++ b/r/.lintr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-license:  #  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+license:  '#  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
   #  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
   #  distributed with this work for additional information
   #  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ license:  #  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
   #  "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
   #  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
   #  specific language governing permissions and limitations
-  #  under the License.
+  #  under the License.'
 linters: linters_with_defaults(
   indentation_linter = NULL,
   line_length_linter = line_length_linter(120),