#updated commentary
diff --git a/Misc/python-mode.el b/Misc/python-mode.el
index c0da413..2128d89 100644
--- a/Misc/python-mode.el
+++ b/Misc/python-mode.el
@@ -17,12 +17,11 @@
;; notice and this paragraph appear in all copies.
;;; Commentary:
-;;
;; This is a major mode for editing Python programs. It was developed
-;; by Tim Peters after an original idea by Michael A. Guravage. Tim
-;; left the net for a while and in the interim, Barry Warsaw has
-;; undertaken maintenance of the mode.
+;; by Tim Peters after an original idea by Michael A. Guravage. In
+;; 1995, Barry Warsaw inherited the mode after Tim left the net, and
+;; is the current maintainer.
;; At some point this mode will undergo a rewrite to bring it more in
;; line with GNU Emacs Lisp coding standards, and to wax all the Emacs