diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index d637370..65d0f8f 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Authors@R: c(
     person("Chris", "Ray", role = "ctb"),
     person("Vijay", "Barve", role = "ctb"),
     person("Dave", "Slager", email = "slager@uw.edu",
-      role = c("aut", "cre"), comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-2525-2039"))
+      role = c("ctb", "cre"), comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-2525-2039"))
   )
 License: MIT + file LICENSE
 URL:
diff --git a/man/rvertnet-package.Rd b/man/rvertnet-package.Rd
index 846ea3d..7e7f8d6 100644
--- a/man/rvertnet-package.Rd
+++ b/man/rvertnet-package.Rd
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Useful links:
 
 }
 \author{
-\strong{Maintainer}: Dave Slager \email{slager@uw.edu} (\href{https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2525-2039}{ORCID})
+\strong{Maintainer}: Dave Slager \email{slager@uw.edu} (\href{https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2525-2039}{ORCID}) [contributor]
 
 Authors:
 \itemize{