diff --git a/docs/templates/man.j2 b/docs/templates/man.j2
index 7c8289dc95..6a7400799b 100644
--- a/docs/templates/man.j2
+++ b/docs/templates/man.j2
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 {{name}}(1)
 {{ '=' *  ((name|length|int) + 3) }}
 :doctype:      manpage
-:author:       Red Hat,Inc | Ansible
 :encoding:     utf-8
 :lang:         en
 :man source:   Ansible