diff --git a/share/xml/authors.ent b/share/xml/authors.ent
index 5db4eefb80..26be347aa7 100644
--- a/share/xml/authors.ent
+++ b/share/xml/authors.ent
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
 <!ENTITY a.brucec "Bruce Cran">
 <!ENTITY a.brucec.email "&a.brucec; <email xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>brucec@FreeBSD.org</email>">
 
-<!ENTITY a.brueffer "Christian Br&uuml;ffer">
+<!ENTITY a.brueffer "Christian Brueffer">
 <!ENTITY a.brueffer.email "&a.brueffer; <email xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>brueffer@FreeBSD.org</email>">
 
 <!ENTITY a.bruno "Bruno Ducrot">