diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index 298924afa6..00d37dc706 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-__author__  = (
+__authors__  = (
 	'Ricardo Garcia Gonzalez',
 	'Danny Colligan',
 	'Benjamin Johnson',