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+==============
+HTTPie authors
+==============
+
+* `Jakub Roztocil <https://github.com/jkbr>`_
+
+
+Patches and ideas
+-----------------
+
+* `Hank Gay <https://github.com/gthank>`_
+* `Jake Basile <https://github.com/jakebasile>`_
+* `Vladimir Berkutov <https://github.com/dair-targ>`_
+* `Jakob Kramer <https://github.com/gandaro>`_
+* `Chris Faulkner <https://github.com/faulkner>`_
+* `Alen Mujezinovic <https://github.com/flashingpumpkin>`_
+* `Praful Mathur <https://github.com/tictactix>`_
+* `Marc Abramowitz <https://github.com/msabramo>`_
+* `Ismail Badawi <https://github.com/isbadawi>`_
+* `Laurent Bachelier <https://github.com/laurentb>`_
+* `Isman Firmansyah <https://github.com/iromli>`_
+* `Simon Olofsson <https://github.com/simono>`_
+* `Churkin Oleg <https://github.com/Bahus>`_
+* `Jökull Sólberg Auðunsson <https://github.com/jokull>`_
+* `Matthew M. Boedicker <https://github.com/mmb>`_
+* `marblar <https://github.com/marblar>`_
+* `Tomek Wójcik <https://github.com/tomekwojcik>`_
+* `Davey Shafik <https://github.com/dshafik>`_
+* `cido <https://github.com/cido>`_
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     # Run tests
     tox
 
+Don't forget to add yourself to `AUTHORS`_.
+
 
 Changelog
 =========
@@ -412,3 +414,4 @@ have contributed.
 .. _0.2.6: https://github.com/jkbr/httpie/compare/0.2.5...0.2.6
 .. _0.2.7dev: https://github.com/jkbr/httpie/compare/0.2.6...master
 .. _☞ README for stable version: https://github.com/jkbr/httpie/tree/0.2.6#readme
+.. _AUTHORS: https://github.com/jkbr/httpie/blob/master/AUTHORS.rst