diff --git a/usr.sbin/pw/README b/usr.sbin/pw/README
index bbb153988366..4e9eafbbd833 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pw/README
+++ b/usr.sbin/pw/README
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ is fully supported.
 This program may be FreeBSD specific, but should be trivial to port to
 other bsd4.4 variants.
 
-Author and maintainer: David L. Nugent, <davidn@blaze.net.au>
+Author: David L. Nugent, <davidn@blaze.net.au>
 
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