diff --git a/docs/manual/manual.txt b/docs/manual/manual.txt
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@@ -4,17 +4,16 @@
 = The Buildroot user manual
 :toc:
 
-Buildroot usage and documentation by Thomas Petazzoni. Contributions
-from Karsten Kruse, Ned Ludd, Martin Herren and others.
-
-The Buildroot manual is licensed under the GNU General Public License,
-version 2. Refer to file
-http://git.buildroot.org/buildroot/tree/COPYING[COPYING] in the Buildroot
-sources for the full text of this license.
-
 Buildroot {sys:echo $\{BR2_VERSION%%-git*\}} manual generated on {localdate}
 {localtime} from git revision {sys:git rev-parse --short HEAD}
 
+The Buildroot manual is written by the Buildroot developers.
+It is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2. Refer to the
+http://git.buildroot.org/buildroot/tree/COPYING[COPYING] file in the Buildroot
+sources for the full text of this license.
+
+Copyright (C) 2004-2014 The Buildroot developers
+
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