diff --git a/doc/nano.1 b/doc/nano.1
index 93d08c7f..16a3c6d7 100644
--- a/doc/nano.1
+++ b/doc/nano.1
@@ -358,8 +358,3 @@ the environment variable \fBNANO_NOCATCH\fR.
 .BR nanorc (5)
 .PP
 \fI/usr/share/doc/nano/\fP (or equivalent on your system)
-
-.SH AUTHOR
-Chris Allegretta and others (see the files \fIAUTHORS\fR and
-\fITHANKS\fP for details).  This manual page was originally written by
-Jordi Mallach for the Debian system (but may be used by others).
diff --git a/doc/nanorc.5 b/doc/nanorc.5
index 52cca60e..eed6b937 100644
--- a/doc/nanorc.5
+++ b/doc/nanorc.5
@@ -881,8 +881,3 @@ Per-user configuration file.
 
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR nano (1)
-
-.SH AUTHOR
-Chris Allegretta and others (see the files \fIAUTHORS\fP and
-\fITHANKS\fP for details).  This manual page was originally written by
-Jordi Mallach for the Debian system (but may be used by others).
diff --git a/doc/rnano.1 b/doc/rnano.1
index 0238a4ac..f1db3755 100644
--- a/doc/rnano.1
+++ b/doc/rnano.1
@@ -58,8 +58,3 @@ Please report bugs via
 
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR nano (1)
-
-.SH AUTHOR
-Chris Allegretta and others (see the files \fIAUTHORS\fR and \fITHANKS\fR
-for details).  This manual page was originally written by Thijs Kinkhorst
-for the Debian system (but may be used by others).