diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 43c5aa35ea..5b0d4cb464 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Maintainer
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 OpenStack, LLC.
-IRC: #openstack
+IRC: #openstack on irc.freenode.net
 
 Original Authors
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