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@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Credits
   aspects of ``easy_install``, and supplied the doctests for the command-line
   ``.exe`` wrappers on Windows.
 
-* Phillip J. Eby is the principal author and maintainer of setuptools, and
+* Phillip J. Eby is the seminal author of setuptools, and
   first proposed the idea of an importable binary distribution format for
   Python application plug-ins.
 
@@ -167,4 +167,8 @@ Credits
   "Code Bear" Taylor) contributed their time and stress as guinea pigs for the
   use of eggs and setuptools, even before eggs were "cool".  (Thanks, guys!)
 
+* Since the merge with Distribute, Jason R. Coombs is the
+  maintainer of setuptools.  The project is maintained in coordination with
+  the Python Packaging Authority (PyPA) and the larger Python community.
+
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