diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index cc233f1b049..1df795644cd 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -692,6 +692,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
     Stanislaus Madueke
     starrynight <cmorgh@gmail.com>
     Stefane Fermgier <sf@fermigier.com>
+    Stefano Rivera <stefano@rivera.za.net>
     Stéphane Raimbault <stephane.raimbault@gmail.com>
     Stephan Jaekel <steph@rdev.info>
     Stephen Burrows <stephen.r.burrows@gmail.com>
diff --git a/docs/topics/migrations.txt b/docs/topics/migrations.txt
index 6c1a2ce8cd7..5bc14feb2a6 100644
--- a/docs/topics/migrations.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/migrations.txt
@@ -468,7 +468,6 @@ Then, open up the file; it should look something like this::
     from django.db import migrations, models
 
     class Migration(migrations.Migration):
-        initial = True
 
         dependencies = [
             ('yourappname', '0001_initial'),
@@ -506,7 +505,6 @@ need to do is use the historical model and iterate over the rows::
             person.save()
 
     class Migration(migrations.Migration):
-        initial = True
 
         dependencies = [
             ('yourappname', '0001_initial'),