diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 800bac3d..23663822 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -7,10 +7,25 @@ Portions Copyright (C) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
 This file may be modified and/or distributed without restriction.  This is
 not an invitation to misrepresent who contributed to GParted.
 
+NOTE:  Remember to list significant contributors in the Help --> About
+       credits.   A significant contribution is defined as:
+
+       1)  Major patch or new functionality added which exceeds 15 lines of
+           non-trivial code.
+
+       2)  Three or more minor patches, where a minor patch is defined as
+           less than 15 lines of code.
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 We need to keep track of copyright (see the Maintainer HOWTO on www.gnu.org).
 
+Names are listed in alphabetical order by first name.
+
+Bart Harkvoort		<gparted@users.sourceforge.net>
+	* Original author of GParted.
+	* Created and maintained up to official 0.3.3 release and
+	  the unofficial 0.3.4 release.
+
 Curtis Gedak		<gedakc@users.sourceforge.net>
 	* Created SWRaid.h, SWRaid.cc to support Linux software RAID devices.
 	* Created DMRaid.h, DMRaid.cc to support /dev/mapper dmraid devices.
@@ -18,7 +33,7 @@ Curtis Gedak		<gedakc@users.sourceforge.net>
 	* Created FS_Info.h, FS_Info.cc
 	* Rewrote read_label functionality for hfs
 	* Wrote create, read_label, and check_repair functionality for hfs+
-	* Wrote read_label functionality for fat16 and fat32 file systems  
+	* Wrote read_label functionality for fat16 and fat32 file systems
 	* Wrote following Utils:: methods:
 		regexp_label(), fat_compliant_label(),
 		create_mtoolsrc_file(), delete_mtoolsrc_file,
@@ -26,7 +41,7 @@ Curtis Gedak		<gedakc@users.sourceforge.net>
 	* Wrote partition write_label functionality
 	* Created Dialog_Partion_Label.h, Dialog_Partition_Label.cc
 	* Created OperationLabelPartition.h, OperationLabelPartition.cc
-	* Maintained from official 0.3.5 release onward 
+	* Maintained from official 0.3.5 release onward
 
 Jérôme Dumesnil		<jerome.dumesnil@gmail.com>
 	* Wrote patch to merge actions -- method Win_GParted::Merge_Operations().
@@ -74,8 +89,3 @@ Seth Heeren			<sgheeren@gmail.com>
 
 Stephen Kirkby		<mail@stephenkirkby.co.uk>
 	* Wrote small patch to reverse umount order in xfs::copy
-
-Bart Harkvoort		<gparted@users.sourceforge.net>
-	* Original author of GParted.
-	* Created and maintained up to official 0.3.3 release and
-	  the unofficial 0.3.4 release.