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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Thanks go to these friendly people for their efforts and contributions:
   Brad House (@bradh352)
   Daniel Stenberg (@bagder)
   Gregor Jasny (@gjasny)
-(9 contributors)
+(3 contributors)
 
 References to bug reports and discussions on issues:
  [1] = https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/pull/565