diff --git a/collects/drscheme/acks.ss b/collects/drscheme/acks.ss
index 6846887173..8ae5a3c5b2 100644
--- a/collects/drscheme/acks.ss
+++ b/collects/drscheme/acks.ss
@@ -4,45 +4,56 @@
            get-authors)
   
   (define (get-authors)
-    (string-append
-     "DrScheme was written by "
-     "Eli Barzilay, "
-     "John Clements, "
-     "Matthias Felleisen, "
-     "Robby Findler, "
-     "Paul Graunke, "
-     "Matthew Flatt, "
-     "Shriram Krishnamurthi, "
-     "and "
-     "Paul Steckler."))
+    (get-general-acks))
   
   (define (get-general-acks)
     (string-append
-     "Thanks to "
+     "The following individuals contributed directly to the implementation"
+     " of DrScheme and associated tools: "
      "Ian Barland, "
+     "Eli Barzilay, "
      "Gann Bierner, "
+     "John Clements, "
      "Richard Cobbe, "
+     "Greg Cooper, "
+     "Ryan Culpepper, "
+     "Carl Eastlund, "
      "Moy Easwaran, "
+     "Matthias Felleisen, "
+     "Robby Findler, "
      "Kathi Fisler, "
      "Cormac Flanagan, "
+     "Matthew Flatt, "
      "Sebastian Good, "
+     "Paul Graunke, "
      "Kathy Gray, "
+     "Dan Grossman, "
      "Bruce Hauman, "
+     "Dave Herman, "
      "Mark Krentel, "
+     "Shriram Krishnamurthi, "
      "Mario Latendresse, "
+     "Guillaume Marceau, "
+     "Jacob Matthews, "
+     "Jay McCarthy, "
+     "Philippe Meunier, "
      "Scott Owens, "
      "Jamie Raymond, "
      "Paul Schlie, "
      "Dorai Sitaram, "
      "Mike Sperber, "
+     "Paul Steckler, "
+     "Jens Axel Søgaard, "
      "Francisco Solsona, "
+     "Sam Tobin-Hochstadt, "
      "Neil W. Van Dyke, "
      "Anton van Straaten, "
+     "Dale Vaillancourt, "
      "Stephanie Weirich, "
      "Noel Welsh, "
+     "Adam Wick, "
      "and "
-     "Adam Wick "
-     "for contributions of prototypes, libraries, testing, and criticism of PLT documentation."))
+     "ChongKai Zhu."))
 
   (define (get-translating-acks)
     (string-append