diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index de38ace..57ee74b 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign dist-bzip2
 update-changelog: FORCE
 	git --help >/dev/null 2>&1 \
 	  && test -d .git \
-	  && git log --stat | grep -v '^    \(git-svn-id\|$$\)' > ChangeLog
+	  && git log --stat | grep -v '^    \(git-svn-id\|$$\)' \
+	      | sed '/^Author:/s/ <.*@.*>//' > ChangeLog
 
 FORCE: