--- a/MySQLdb/converters.py
+++ b/MySQLdb/converters.py
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
 import array
 import datetime
 
-__revision__ = "$ Revision: $"[11:-2]
+__revision__ = "$Revision$"[11:-2]
+__author__ = "$Author$"[9:-2]
 
 def bool_to_sql(boolean, conv):
     """Convert a Python bool to an SQL literal."""