diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index f96a1bcbe7a32a169b5d4e65a6a585f691c950f7..0716ba9a666cec55ffee9422058aef2f4b348288 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -1,18 +1,14 @@
-ALBERTA:   an Adaptive multi Level finite element toolbox using 
+ALBERTA:  an Adaptive multi Level finite element toolbox using 
           Bisectioning refinement and Error control by Residual
           Techniques
 
    authors: Alfred Schmidt
-
             Zentrum fuer Technomathematik
             Fachbereich 3
             Universitaet Bremen
             Germany                    
 
-            schmidt@math.uni-bremen.de
-
             Kunibert G. Siebert
-
             Institut fuer Mathematik
             Universitaet Augsburg
             Universitaetsstr. 14
@@ -33,7 +29,6 @@ ALBERTA:   an Adaptive multi Level finite element toolbox using
             79104 Freiburg
             Germany
 
-
           http://www.alberta-fem.de
 
   (c) by A. Schmidt and K.G. Siebert (1996-2004),
diff --git a/HOWTO-port-ellipt.txt b/HOWTO-port-ellipt.txt
index ac04d1f869c6d60c5486d4069d93cec0d5e60af4..460d6f56daaf63b136b12d3a149ad378ee4dd097 100644
--- a/HOWTO-port-ellipt.txt
+++ b/HOWTO-port-ellipt.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ Hey, Emacs, we're -*- text -*- mode.
 Porting the v1.2 `ellipt.c' demo-program to post-V2.0 ALBERTA
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+by Rebekka Stotz and Claus-Justus Heine.
+
 The source code of the changed ellipt program is attached at the end
 of this file.
 
diff --git a/README-ALBERTA-1.2 b/README-ALBERTA-1.2
index 1c62fceb895e56f490aa560927b8158a341a8802..0a6aad5aabf0d4001a1c608f98b033b1ceefe7e1 100644
--- a/README-ALBERTA-1.2
+++ b/README-ALBERTA-1.2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Main changes from ALBERTA 1.2 -> ALBERTA 2.0
+Major changes from ALBERTA 1.2 -> ALBERTA 2.0
 
 - support of submeshes, DIM constant removed
 - support of parametric meshes, piecewise polynomial parameterisations
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 11b5da70f72b3345288fc00c4d6c277c1e624dcf..0f4cac569a4144bcac5d9544d7553f767ba36b58 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-AC_INIT([alberta], [3.0-rc1], [Claus.Heine@Mathematik.Uni-Freiburg.DE,kosterdtp@ewi.uwente.nl])
+AC_INIT([alberta], [3.0-rc1], [Claus.Heine@Mathematik.Uni-Freiburg.DE])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([alberta/src/Common/alberta.h])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])