diff --git a/docs/release_notes.rst b/docs/release_notes.rst
index 618f8e71..bb980dd4 100644
--- a/docs/release_notes.rst
+++ b/docs/release_notes.rst
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ v6.2.0
 
 -   List more reasons why the file size might grow.
 
--   Fix issue `#262 <https://github.com/jbarlow83/OCRmyPDF/issues/262>`_, ``--remove-background`` error on PDFs contained colormapped (paletted) images.
+-   Fix issue `#262 <https://github.com/ppjbarlow83/OCRmyPDF/issues/262>`_, ``--remove-background`` error on PDFs contained colormapped (paletted) images.
 
 -   Fix another XMP metadata validation issue, in cases where the input file's creation date has no timezone and the creation date is not overridden.
 
diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/__main__.py b/src/ocrmypdf/__main__.py
index b988ff26..16900ba3 100755
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/__main__.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/__main__.py
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ def check_options_output(options, log):
             "Ignoring --debug-rendering because it requires --pdf-renderer=hocr")
 
     if options.output_type == 'pdfa':
-        options.output_type == 'pdfa-2'
+        options.output_type = 'pdfa-2'
 
     lossless_reconstruction = False
     if options.pdf_renderer in ('hocr', 'sandwich'):