diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index eb6e24c8b6..483743c992 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-# This file lists all individuals having contributed content to the repository.
-# For how it is generated, see `scripts/docs/generate-authors.sh`.
+# File @generated by scripts/docs/generate-authors.sh. DO NOT EDIT.
+# This file lists all contributors to the repository.
+# See scripts/docs/generate-authors.sh to make modifications.
 
 Aanand Prasad <aanand.prasad@gmail.com>
 Aaron L. Xu <liker.xu@foxmail.com>
diff --git a/scripts/docs/generate-authors.sh b/scripts/docs/generate-authors.sh
index b76ef325eb..338172232f 100755
--- a/scripts/docs/generate-authors.sh
+++ b/scripts/docs/generate-authors.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ set -e
 OUT="${1:-.}"
 {
 	cat <<-'EOH'
-	# This file lists all individuals having contributed content to the repository.
-	# For how it is generated, see `scripts/docs/generate-authors.sh`.
+	# File @generated by scripts/docs/generate-authors.sh. DO NOT EDIT.
+	# This file lists all contributors to the repository.
+	# See scripts/docs/generate-authors.sh to make modifications.
 	EOH
 	echo
 	git log --format='%aN <%aE>' | LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 sort -uf