diff --git a/sys-fs/growpart/metadata.xml b/sys-fs/growpart/metadata.xml
index ee589b3f6bd27..ef2b3b7554939 100644
--- a/sys-fs/growpart/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-fs/growpart/metadata.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="person">
 		<email>prometheanfire@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Matthew Thode</name>
 	</maintainer>