diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
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--- a/Documentation/git.txt
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@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ Authors
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 * git's founding father is Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>.
 * The current git nurse is Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>.
-* The git potty was written by Andres Ericsson <ae@op5.se>.
+* The git potty was written by Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>.
 * General upbringing is handled by the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 
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