diff --git a/config/vufind/SearchApiRecordFields.yaml b/config/vufind/SearchApiRecordFields.yaml
index 399fe6d39d8..bb96633affd 100644
--- a/config/vufind/SearchApiRecordFields.yaml
+++ b/config/vufind/SearchApiRecordFields.yaml
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ accessRestrictions:
 authors:
   vufind.method: getDeduplicatedAuthors
   vufind.default: true
-  description: >-
-    Deduplicated author information including primary, corporate and secondary
-    authors
   $ref: '#/components/schemas/Authors'
 awards:
   vufind.method: getAwards
@@ -130,9 +127,7 @@ formats:
 fullRecord:
   vufind.method: "Formatter::getFullRecord"
   description: Full metadata record (typically XML)
-  type: array
-  items:
-    type: string
+  type: string
 generalNotes:
   vufind.method: getGeneralNotes
   description: General notes
diff --git a/themes/root/templates/searchapi/openapi.phtml b/themes/root/templates/searchapi/openapi.phtml
index 7cc53b47552..bff2cd4340f 100644
--- a/themes/root/templates/searchapi/openapi.phtml
+++ b/themes/root/templates/searchapi/openapi.phtml
@@ -234,25 +234,26 @@
         "schemas": {
             "Authors": {
                 "type": "object",
+                "description": "Deduplicated author information including primary, corporate and secondary authors",
                 "properties": {
                     "primary": {
                         "description": "Primary authors",
-                        "type": "array",
-                        "items": {
+                        "type": "object",
+                        "additionalProperties": {
                             "$ref": "#/components/schemas/AuthorWithRoles"
                         }
                     },
                     "secondary": {
                         "description": "Secondary authors",
-                        "type": "array",
-                        "items": {
+                        "type": "object",
+                        "additionalProperties": {
                             "$ref": "#/components/schemas/AuthorWithRoles"
                         }
                     },
                     "corporate": {
                         "description": "Corporate authors",
-                        "type": "array",
-                        "items": {
+                        "type": "object",
+                        "additionalProperties": {
                             "$ref": "#/components/schemas/AuthorWithRoles"
                         }
                     }