diff --git a/tools/eam_database/create.f b/tools/eam_database/create.f
index af8538c1fe..54b0d55ab7 100644
--- a/tools/eam_database/create.f
+++ b/tools/eam_database/create.f
@@ -243,14 +243,12 @@ ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc
       outfile = outfile(1:index(outfile,' ')-1)//'.eam.alloy'
       open(unit=1,file=outfile)
       call date_and_time(DATE=date)
-      write(1,*) '# DATE: ',date(1:4),'-',date(5:6),'-',date(7:8),'  ',
-     *   'UNITS: metal ',
-     *   'CONTRIBUTOR: Xiaowang Zhou xzhou@sandia.gov and ',
-     *   'Lucas Hale lucas.hale@nist.gov ',
-     *   'CITATION: X. W. Zhou, R. A. Johnson, ',
+      write(1,*) 'DATE: ',date(1:4),'-',date(5:6),'-',date(7:8),
+     * ' UNITS: metal CONTRIBUTOR: Xiaowang Zhou xzhou@sandia.gov and ',
+     *                            'Lucas Hale lucas.hale@nist.gov '
+      write(1,*) 'CITATION: X. W. Zhou, R. A. Johnson, ',
      *   'H. N. G. Wadley, Phys. Rev. B, 69, 144113(2004)'
-      write(1,*) '# created by create.f'
-      write(1,*) '#'
+      write(1,*) 'Generated by create.f'
       write(1,8)ntypes,outelem
 8     format(i5,' ',a24)
       write(1,9)nrho,drho,nr,dr,rc