diff --git a/Doc/lib/libcodecs.tex b/Doc/lib/libcodecs.tex
index b7967663163..6e0bc8dd619 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libcodecs.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libcodecs.tex
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ Convert a label to Unicode, as specified in \rfc{3490}.
              UTF-8 codec with BOM signature}
 \declaremodule{standard}{encodings.utf-8-sig}   % XXX utf_8_sig gives TeX errors
 \modulesynopsis{UTF-8 codec with BOM signature}
-\moduleauthor{Walter D\"orwald}
+\moduleauthor{Walter D\"orwald}{}
 
 \versionadded{2.5}