diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index bee9c2b76..3e60d7546 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ chmod: David MacKenzie, Jim Meyering
 chown: David MacKenzie, Jim Meyering
 chroot: Roland McGrath
 cksum: Q. Frank Xia
-comm: Richard Stallman, David MacKenzie
+comm: Richard M. Stallman, David MacKenzie
 cp: Torbjörn Granlund, David MacKenzie, Jim Meyering
 csplit: Stuart Kemp, David MacKenzie
-cut: David Ihnat, David MacKenzie, Jim Meyering
+cut: David M. Ihnat, David MacKenzie, Jim Meyering
 date: David MacKenzie
 dd: Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Stuart Kemp
 df: Torbjörn Granlund, David MacKenzie, Paul Eggert
-dir: Richard Stallman, David MacKenzie
+dir: Richard M. Stallman, David MacKenzie
 dircolors: H. Peter Anvin
 dirname: David MacKenzie, Jim Meyering
 du: Torbjörn Granlund, David MacKenzie, Paul Eggert, Jim Meyering
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ kill: Paul Eggert
 link: Michael Stone
 ln: Mike Parker, David MacKenzie
 logname: FIXME: unknown
-ls: Richard Stallman, David MacKenzie
+ls: Richard M. Stallman, David MacKenzie
 md5sum: Ulrich Drepper, Scott Miller, David Madore
 mkdir: David MacKenzie
 mkfifo: David MacKenzie
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ printf: David MacKenzie
 ptx: François Pinard
 pwd: Jim Meyering
 readlink: Dmitry V. Levin
-rm: Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Richard Stallman, Jim Meyering
+rm: Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Richard M. Stallman, Jim Meyering
 rmdir: David MacKenzie
 runcon: Russell Coker
 seq: Ulrich Drepper
@@ -91,11 +91,11 @@ tsort: Mark Kettenis
 tty: David MacKenzie
 uname: David MacKenzie
 unexpand: David MacKenzie
-uniq: Richard Stallman, David MacKenzie
+uniq: Richard M. Stallman, David MacKenzie
 unlink: Michael Stone
 uptime: Joseph Arceneaux, David MacKenzie, Kaveh Ghazi
 users: Joseph Arceneaux, David MacKenzie
-vdir: Richard Stallman, David MacKenzie
+vdir: Richard M. Stallman, David MacKenzie
 wc: Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie
 who: Joseph Arceneaux, David MacKenzie, Michael Stone
 whoami: Richard Mlynarik
diff --git a/src/comm.c b/src/comm.c
index 430e8d605..267ec789f 100644
--- a/src/comm.c
+++ b/src/comm.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #define PROGRAM_NAME "comm"
 
 #define AUTHORS \
-  proper_name ("Richard Stallman"), \
+  proper_name ("Richard M. Stallman"), \
   proper_name ("David MacKenzie")
 
 /* Undefine, to avoid warning about redefinition on some systems.  */
diff --git a/src/cut.c b/src/cut.c
index a48be00f7..554e790c8 100644
--- a/src/cut.c
+++ b/src/cut.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #define PROGRAM_NAME "cut"
 
 #define AUTHORS \
-  proper_name ("David Ihnat"), \
+  proper_name ("David M. Ihnat"), \
   proper_name ("David MacKenzie"), \
   proper_name ("Jim Meyering")
 
diff --git a/src/ls.c b/src/ls.c
index 8528e4cff..653a905fa 100644
--- a/src/ls.c
+++ b/src/ls.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 			 ? "dir" : "vdir"))
 
 #define AUTHORS \
-  proper_name ("Richard Stallman"), \
+  proper_name ("Richard M. Stallman"), \
   proper_name ("David MacKenzie")
 
 #define obstack_chunk_alloc malloc
diff --git a/src/rm.c b/src/rm.c
index c3d6e05b2..0bcd3c6e7 100644
--- a/src/rm.c
+++ b/src/rm.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 #define AUTHORS \
   proper_name ("Paul Rubin"), \
   proper_name ("David MacKenzie"), \
-  proper_name ("Richard Stallman"), \
+  proper_name ("Richard M. Stallman"), \
   proper_name ("Jim Meyering")
 
 /* Name this program was run with.  */
diff --git a/src/uniq.c b/src/uniq.c
index e044b8918..e375ab44b 100644
--- a/src/uniq.c
+++ b/src/uniq.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
-/* Written by Richard Stallman and David MacKenzie. */
+/* Written by Richard M. Stallman and David MacKenzie. */
 
 #include <config.h>
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #define PROGRAM_NAME "uniq"
 
 #define AUTHORS \
-  proper_name ("Richard Stallman"), \
+  proper_name ("Richard M. Stallman"), \
   proper_name ("David MacKenzie")
 
 #define SWAP_LINES(A, B)			\