diff --git a/src/KIM/pair_kim.cpp b/src/KIM/pair_kim.cpp
index 1b7b74f8fa..7c4a47bd53 100644
--- a/src/KIM/pair_kim.cpp
+++ b/src/KIM/pair_kim.cpp
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-   Contributing authors: Valeriu Smirichinski, Ryan S. Elliott,
-                         Ellad B. Tadmor (U Minn)
+   Contributing authors: Valeriu Smirichinski, Ryan Elliott, 
+                         Ellad Tadmor (U Minn)
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 #include "math.h"