diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index e32841a..8eb64ba 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ latex_elements = {
 #  author, documentclass [howto, manual, or own class]).
 latex_documents = [
   (master_doc, 'Autocmake.tex', u'Autocmake Documentation',
-   u'Radovan Bast and Jonas Juselius', 'manual'),
+   author, 'manual'),
 ]
 
 # The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of