diff --git a/top/top.1 b/top/top.1
index a565f4f3..310a4ede 100644
--- a/top/top.1
+++ b/top/top.1
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
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.\" Document /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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-.TH TOP 1 "May 2016" "procps-ng" "User Commands"
+.TH TOP 1 "July 2016" "procps-ng" "User Commands"
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@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ The remaining Table of Contents
b. Bouncing Windows
c. The Big Bird Window
d. The Ol' Switcheroo
- 8. BUGS, 9. HISTORY Former top, 10. AUTHOR, 11. SEE Also
+ 8. BUGS, 9. SEE Also
.fi
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@@ -2454,40 +2454,8 @@ Please send bug reports to
.UR procps@freelists.org
.UE .
-.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-.SH 9. HISTORY Former top
-.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-The original \*(We was written by Roger Binns,
-based on Branko Lankester's <lankeste@fwi.uva.nl> ps program.
-
-Robert Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>
-adapted it for the proc file system.
-
-Helmut Geyer <Helmut.Geyer@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de>
-added support for configurable fields.
-
-Plus many other individuals contributed over the years.
-
-.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-.SH 10. AUTHOR
-.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-This entirely new and enhanced replacement was written by:
- Jim Warner, <james.warner@comcast.net>
-.ig
- ( as a means to learn Linux, can you believe it? )
- ( & he accidentally learned a little groff, too! )
- ( then after ten years he did it all over again! )
-..
-
-With invaluable help from:
- Craig Small, <csmall@enc.com.au>
-.\" Craig Small. <csmall-procps@enc.com.au>
-.\" Craig Small, <csmall@debian.org>
-.\" Craig Small, <csmall@small.dropbear.id.au>
- Albert Cahalan, <albert@users.sf.net>
-
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-.SH 11. SEE Also
+.SH 9. SEE Also
.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
.BR free (1),
.BR ps (1),
@@ -2495,4 +2463,4 @@ With invaluable help from:
.BR atop (1),
.BR slabtop (1),
.BR vmstat (8),
-.BR w (1).
+.BR w (1)