diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 068b1ad3d798..4b680bffe5bd 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     where
 
     - `handle` is the handle you are going to use in nixpkgs expressions,
-    - `name` is your, preferably real, name,
+    - `name` is a name that people would know and recognize you by,
     - `email` is your maintainer email address,
     - `matrix` is your Matrix user ID,
     - `github` is your GitHub handle (as it appears in the URL of your profile page, `https://github.com/<userhandle>`),