diff --git a/authors.html b/authors.html
index 678503dfb..b43e75a4c 100644
--- a/authors.html
+++ b/authors.html
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ Jump to authors starting with: [
 <a href="#Y">Y</a>  
 <a href="#Z">Z</a>]
 </p>
-<p>
 <hr>
 <div id="A">
 <!-- A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A -->
diff --git a/bin/gen-authors.sh b/bin/gen-authors.sh
index 15f7c5199..26308e10f 100755
--- a/bin/gen-authors.sh
+++ b/bin/gen-authors.sh
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ shopt -s globstar	# enable ** to match all files and zero or more directories an
 
 # set variables referenced in the usage message
 #
-export VERSION="1.6 2024-04-15"
+export VERSION="1.7 2024-04-16"
 NAME=$(basename "$0")
 export NAME
 export V_FLAG=0
@@ -813,7 +813,6 @@ fi
 <a href="#Y">Y</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
 <a href="#Z">Z</a>
 ]</p>
-<p>
 <hr>
 
 EOF