diff --git a/doc/release/contributors.sh b/doc/release/contributors.sh
index caf553ee..023928d3 100755
--- a/doc/release/contributors.sh
+++ b/doc/release/contributors.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-git log $1..HEAD --format='* %aN' | sed 's/@/\-at\-/' | sed 's/<>//' | sort -u
+git log $1..HEAD --format='- %aN' | sed 's/@/\-at\-/' | sed 's/<>//' | sort -u