diff --git a/aider/reasoning_tags.py b/aider/reasoning_tags.py
index d4d7eb99c..e5d2c38f2 100644
--- a/aider/reasoning_tags.py
+++ b/aider/reasoning_tags.py
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ from aider.dump import dump  # noqa
 # Standard tag identifier
 REASONING_TAG = "thinking-content-" + "7bbeb8e1441453ad999a0bbba8a46d4b"
 # Output formatting
-REASONING_START = "-----\n**Thought Process**"
-REASONING_END = "-----\n**Answer**"
+REASONING_START = "-----\n> Thought Process"
+REASONING_END = "-----\n> Answer"
 
 
 def remove_reasoning_content(res, reasoning_tag):