diff --git a/AUTHORS.txt b/AUTHORS.txt
index d416a78f5..ec4f5c91c 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.txt
+++ b/AUTHORS.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ Dave Abrahams
 Donald Stufft
 Francesco
 Georgi Valkov
-hetmankp
 Hugo Lopes Tavares
 Ian Bicking
 Igor Sobreira
diff --git a/docs/news.txt b/docs/news.txt
index b73d8cc90..dff358ce8 100644
--- a/docs/news.txt
+++ b/docs/news.txt
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ develop (unreleased)
 
 * Added `--root` option for "pip install" to specify root directory. Behaves
   like the same option in distutils but also plays nice with pip's egg-info.
-  Thanks hetmankp.  (Issue #253 / Pull #693)
+  Thanks Przemek Wrzos.  (Issue #253 / Pull #693)
 
 1.2.1 (2012-09-06)
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