diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
index 8207cc62ee9d..fd934f05ee03 100644
--- a/CREDITS
+++ b/CREDITS
@@ -534,6 +534,7 @@ N: NeilBrown
 E: neil@brown.name
 P: 4096R/566281B9 1BC6 29EB D390 D870 7B5F  497A 39EC 9EDD 5662 81B9
 D: NFSD Maintainer 2000-2007
+D: MD Maintainer 2001-2016
 
 N: Zach Brown
 E: zab@zabbo.net
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 233f83464814..917f27fccefa 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -9951,7 +9951,6 @@ S:	Supported
 F:	drivers/media/pci/solo6x10/
 
 SOFTWARE RAID (Multiple Disks) SUPPORT
-M:	Neil Brown <neilb@suse.com>
 L:	linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Supported
 F:	drivers/md/