diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
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 Open MPI Authors
 ================
 
-The following cumulative list contains the names and Subversion IDs of
+The following cumulative list contains the names and email addresses of
 all individuals who have committed code to the Open MPI repository.
 
 Email                           Name                        Affiliation(s)