diff --git a/scripts/banner.nse b/scripts/banner.nse
index 512add1b8..f2ddd08b3 100644
--- a/scripts/banner.nse
+++ b/scripts/banner.nse
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ increase in the level of verbosity requested on the command line.
 -- |_ banner: 220 FTP version 1.0\x0D\x0A
 
 
-author = "jah <jah at zadkiel.plus.com>"
+author = "jah"
 license = "Same as Nmap--See http://nmap.org/book/man-legal.html"
 categories = {"discovery", "safe"}
 
diff --git a/scripts/whois.nse b/scripts/whois.nse
index d48df2f88..30909677e 100644
--- a/scripts/whois.nse
+++ b/scripts/whois.nse
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ the RIRs.
 -- |  orgid: INSEC
 -- |_ country: US stateprov: CA
 
-author = "jah <jah at zadkiel.plus.com>"
+author = "jah"
 license = "Same as Nmap--See http://nmap.org/book/man-legal.html"
 categories = {"discovery", "external", "safe"}