diff --git a/Lib/heapq.py b/Lib/heapq.py
index f30ce304351..abdad03d630 100644
--- a/Lib/heapq.py
+++ b/Lib/heapq.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 maintains the heap invariant!
 """
 
-# Code by Kevin O'Connor
+# Original code by Kevin O'Connor, augmented by Tim Peters
 
 __about__ = """Heap queues