diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
index 546fa2d5f01..7bc91a9fc19 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ csv
 The :class:`csv.DictReader` now returns instances of :class:`dict` instead of
 a :class:`collections.OrderedDict`.  The tool is now faster and uses less
 memory while still preserving the field order.
-(Contributed by Michael Seek in :issue:`34003`.)
+(Contributed by Michael Selik in :issue:`34003`.)
 
 
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