diff --git a/src/PYTHON/fix_python.cpp b/src/PYTHON/fix_python.cpp
index a7b1edfda1..031bb29764 100644
--- a/src/PYTHON/fix_python.cpp
+++ b/src/PYTHON/fix_python.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-   Contributing author: Axel Kohlmeyer and Richard Berger (Temple U)
+   Contributing author: Richard Berger (Temple U)
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 #include <Python.h>
diff --git a/src/PYTHON/pair_python.cpp b/src/PYTHON/pair_python.cpp
index 60f317ee96..381b9050ff 100644
--- a/src/PYTHON/pair_python.cpp
+++ b/src/PYTHON/pair_python.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-   Contributing author: Axel Kohlmeyer and Richard Berger (Temple U)
+   Contributing authors: Axel Kohlmeyer and Richard Berger (Temple U)
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 #include <Python.h>
diff --git a/src/PYTHON/python_impl.cpp b/src/PYTHON/python_impl.cpp
index dadcbfeade..55108eb8c7 100644
--- a/src/PYTHON/python_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/PYTHON/python_impl.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-   Contributing author: Axel Kohlmeyer and Richard Berger (Temple U)
+   Contributing author: Richard Berger and Axel Kohlmeyer (Temple U)
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 #include <Python.h>