diff --git a/layouts/_default/list.atom.xml b/layouts/_default/list.atom.xml
index d2e382ac..a88bc5bf 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/list.atom.xml
+++ b/layouts/_default/list.atom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     {{ end }}
 
     {{ range $page.OutputFormats }}
-        {{ $rel := cond (eq .Rel "canonical") "self" .Rel }}
+        {{ $rel := cond (eq .Rel "canonical") "alternate" .Rel }}
 
         {{ $valid := in (slice "alternate" "enclosure" "related" "self" "via") $rel }}
 
diff --git a/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml b/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml
index c56fe679..b15c65f8 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml
+++ b/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 <rss version="2.0" {{ with $language }} xml:lang="{{ . }}" {{ end }} xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
     <channel>
         {{ range $page.OutputFormats }}
-            {{ $rel := cond (eq .Rel "canonical") "self" .Rel }}
+            {{ $rel := cond (eq .Rel "canonical") "alternate" .Rel }}
 
             {{ $valid := in (slice "alternate" "enclosure" "related" "self" "via") $rel }}