diff --git a/geode/README.md b/geode/README.md
index 04be1ec1a7b80b045cdab0a5bf586ec65ada5d54..9d4fe3a30405bee31e7c1214c79971ab9e0a0d87 100644
--- a/geode/README.md
+++ b/geode/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-Copyright (c) 2014 - 2015 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
+Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
 may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
diff --git a/geode/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/GeodeClient.java b/geode/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/GeodeClient.java
index 5a36bef0d95633a3d14f9eb66ea4ff2de56669c7..cdbfc96189ed635219e37bf28f2db960ef7eb43f 100644
--- a/geode/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/GeodeClient.java
+++ b/geode/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/GeodeClient.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
- * Copyright (c) 2013 - 2014 YCSB Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 - 2016 YCSB Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
  * may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ import java.util.Vector;
  * region. A cache.xml defining "usertable" region can be placed in the
  * working directory to override these region definitions.</p>
  * 
- * @author Swapnil Bawaskar (sbawaska at vmware)
- *
  */
 public class GeodeClient extends DB {