diff --git a/society-of-biblical-literature-author-date.csl b/society-of-biblical-literature-author-date.csl
index c9606baca88..14a5d8efcf2 100644
--- a/society-of-biblical-literature-author-date.csl
+++ b/society-of-biblical-literature-author-date.csl
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     </terms>
   </locale>
   <macro name="editor-translator-verb-period">
-    <names variable="editor translator" delimiter=" ">
+    <names variable="editor translator" delimiter=". ">
       <label form="verb" text-case="capitalize-first" suffix=" "/>
       <name and="text" delimiter=", "/>
     </names>
diff --git a/society-of-biblical-literature-fullnote-bibliography.csl b/society-of-biblical-literature-fullnote-bibliography.csl
index 9b042ac0548..339f85a8bbf 100644
--- a/society-of-biblical-literature-fullnote-bibliography.csl
+++ b/society-of-biblical-literature-fullnote-bibliography.csl
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     </names>
   </macro>
   <macro name="editor-translator-verb-period">
-    <names variable="editor translator" delimiter=" ">
+    <names variable="editor translator" delimiter=". ">
       <label form="verb" text-case="capitalize-first" suffix=" "/>
       <name and="text" delimiter=", "/>
     </names>