diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b45c9663e..7ac55fca1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ where XXXXXX is the bug number as listed below.
 116002  VG_(printf): Problems with justification of strings and integers
 155125  avoid cutting away file:lineno after long function name
 211926  Avoid compilation warnings in valgrind.h with -pedantic
+226609  Crediting upstream authors in man page
 269360  s390x: Fix addressing mode selection for compare-and-swap
 333051  mmap of huge pages fails due to incorrect alignment
         == 339163
diff --git a/docs/xml/valgrind-manpage.xml b/docs/xml/valgrind-manpage.xml
index a4b84fff9..7498c614c 100644
--- a/docs/xml/valgrind-manpage.xml
+++ b/docs/xml/valgrind-manpage.xml
@@ -267,8 +267,8 @@ ms_print(1),
 <refsect1 id="author">
 <title>Author</title>
 
-<para>The Valgrind developers.</para>
-
+<para>See the AUTHORS file in the valgrind distribution for a
+comprehensive list of authors.</para>
 <para>This manpage was written by Andres Roldan &lt;aroldan@debian.org&gt;
 and the Valgrind developers.</para>