diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/authors.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/authors.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..88a716a438
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/authors.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Phillip Webb; Dave Syer; Josh Long; Stéphane Nicoll; Rob Winch; Andy Wilkinson; Marcel Overdijk; Christian Dupuis; Sébastien Deleuze; Michael Simons; Vedran Pavić; Jay Bryant; Madhura Bhave; Eddú Meléndez; Scott Frederick
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/index.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/index.adoc
index bd4b3984d1..1d1db46414 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/index.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/index.adoc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [[spring-boot-reference-documentation]]
 = Spring Boot Reference Documentation
-Phillip Webb, Dave Syer, Josh Long, Stéphane Nicoll, Rob Winch, Andy Wilkinson, Marcel Overdijk, Christian Dupuis, Sébastien Deleuze, Michael Simons, Vedran Pavić, Jay Bryant, Madhura Bhave, Eddú Meléndez, Scott Frederick
+include::authors.adoc[]
 :docinfo: shared
 
 The reference documentation consists of the following sections:
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/index.singleadoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/index.singleadoc
index ea0d6d3443..727c0961cb 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/index.singleadoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/index.singleadoc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [[spring-boot-reference-documentation]]
 = Spring Boot Reference Documentation
-Phillip Webb, Dave Syer, Josh Long, Stéphane Nicoll, Rob Winch, Andy Wilkinson, Marcel Overdijk, Christian Dupuis, Sébastien Deleuze, Michael Simons, Vedran Pavić, Jay Bryant, Madhura Bhave, Eddú Meléndez, Scott Frederick
+include::authors.adoc[]
 :docinfo: shared
 include::attributes.adoc[]