diff --git a/AUTHORS.txt b/AUTHORS.txt
index cd22104ad25..0f1cce7d7b6 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.txt
+++ b/AUTHORS.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-These active developers and have made source code contributions to the
+These active developers have made source code contributions to the
 ImageMagick project in the last few years:
 
 Cristy