diff --git a/docs/man/man1/ansible-doc.1 b/docs/man/man1/ansible-doc.1
index 1b51fa00e6..2d5068d0d3 100644
--- a/docs/man/man1/ansible-doc.1
+++ b/docs/man/man1/ansible-doc.1
@@ -64,9 +64,3 @@ Ansible is released under the terms of the GPLv3 License\&.
 \fBansible\-playbook\fR(1), \fBansible\fR(1), \fBansible\-pull\fR(1)
 .sp
 Extensive documentation is available in the documentation site: http://docs\&.ansible\&.com\&. IRC and mailing list info can be found in file CONTRIBUTING\&.md, available in: https://github\&.com/ansible/ansible
-.SH "AUTHOR"
-.PP
-\fB:doctype:manpage\fR
-.RS 4
-Author.
-.RE
diff --git a/docs/man/man1/ansible-playbook.1 b/docs/man/man1/ansible-playbook.1
index ac8466a36a..7ae5308713 100644
--- a/docs/man/man1/ansible-playbook.1
+++ b/docs/man/man1/ansible-playbook.1
@@ -176,9 +176,3 @@ Ansible is released under the terms of the GPLv3 License\&.
 \fBansible\fR(1), \fBansible\-pull\fR(1), \fBansible\-doc\fR(1)
 .sp
 Extensive documentation is available in the documentation site: http://docs\&.ansible\&.com\&. IRC and mailing list info can be found in file CONTRIBUTING\&.md, available in: https://github\&.com/ansible/ansible
-.SH "AUTHOR"
-.PP
-\fB:doctype:manpage\fR
-.RS 4
-Author.
-.RE
diff --git a/docs/man/man1/ansible-pull.1 b/docs/man/man1/ansible-pull.1
index d39cfa67a2..a9b69788b4 100644
--- a/docs/man/man1/ansible-pull.1
+++ b/docs/man/man1/ansible-pull.1
@@ -104,9 +104,3 @@ Ansible is released under the terms of the GPLv3 License\&.
 \fBansible\fR(1), \fBansible\-playbook\fR(1), \fBansible\-doc\fR(1)
 .sp
 Extensive documentation is available in the documentation site: http://docs\&.ansible\&.com\&. IRC and mailing list info can be found in file CONTRIBUTING\&.md, available in: https://github\&.com/ansible/ansible
-.SH "AUTHOR"
-.PP
-\fB:doctype:manpage\fR
-.RS 4
-Author.
-.RE
diff --git a/docs/man/man1/ansible.1 b/docs/man/man1/ansible.1
index 6f16a449bf..b6fe5be756 100644
--- a/docs/man/man1/ansible.1
+++ b/docs/man/man1/ansible.1
@@ -206,9 +206,3 @@ Ansible is released under the terms of the GPLv3 License\&.
 \fBansible\-playbook\fR(1), \fBansible\-pull\fR(1), \fBansible\-doc\fR(1)
 .sp
 Extensive documentation is available in the documentation site: http://docs\&.ansible\&.com\&. IRC and mailing list info can be found in file CONTRIBUTING\&.md, available in: https://github\&.com/ansible/ansible
-.SH "AUTHOR"
-.PP
-\fB:doctype:manpage\fR
-.RS 4
-Author.
-.RE