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@@ -431,6 +431,14 @@ It only applies if you distribute the documentation of fmt.
 Acknowledgments
 ---------------
 
+The fmt library is maintained by Victor Zverovich (`vitaut
+<https://github.com/vitaut>`_) and Jonathan Müller (`foonathan
+<https://github.com/foonathan>`_) with contributions from many other people.
+See `Contributors <https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/graphs/contributors>`_ and
+`Releases <https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/releases>`_ for some of the names.
+Let us know if your contribution is not listed or mentioned incorrectly and
+we'll make it right.
+
 The benchmark section of this readme file and the performance tests are taken
 from the excellent `tinyformat <https://github.com/c42f/tinyformat>`_ library
 written by Chris Foster.  Boost Format library is acknowledged transitively