diff --git a/make-authors-short.pl b/make-authors-short.pl
index 39cc77796f..9601e2910a 100755
--- a/make-authors-short.pl
+++ b/make-authors-short.pl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
 
-# $Id: make-authors-short.pl,v 1.2 2004/05/21 21:08:41 jmayer Exp $
+# $Id: make-authors-short.pl,v 1.3 2004/05/22 14:05:33 jmayer Exp $
 
 # Remove tasks from individual author entries from AUTHORS file
 # for use in the about dialog.
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ while (<>) {
 		print "$1\n";
 	} elsif (/}/) {
 		$subinfo = 0;
-		if (($nextline = <>) !~ /^$/) {
+		if (($nextline = <>) !~ /^[\s\r]*$/) {
 			print $nextline;
 		}
 	} elsif ($subinfo == 1) {