diff --git a/distrib/notes/legal.common b/distrib/notes/legal.common
index a46e39423c01..aabcd455ca8c 100644
--- a/distrib/notes/legal.common
+++ b/distrib/notes/legal.common
@@ -6,16 +6,16 @@
 
 	This product includes software developed by Christopher G. Demetriou.
 
-	This product includes software developed by Christian E. Hopps.
-
 	This product includes software developed by Adam Glass.
 
+	This product includes software developed by Christian E. Hopps.
+
 	This product includes software developed by Paul Kranenburg.
 
-	This product includes software developed by Frank van der Linden.
-
 	This product includes software developed by Terrence R. Lambert.
 
+	This product includes software developed by Frank van der Linden.
+
 	This product includes software developed by Philip A. Nelson.
 
 	This product includes software developed by Jochen Pohl.
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@
 
 	This product includes software developed by SigmaSoft, Th. Lockert.
 
-	This product includes software developed by TooLs GmbH.
-
 	This product includes software developed by Jason Thorpe.
 
+	This product includes software developed by TooLs GmbH.
+
 	This product includes software developed by Winning Strategies, Inc.
 
 	This product includes software developed by Christos Zoulas.