diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/MAINTAINERS
similarity index 100%
rename from DEVELOPERS
rename to MAINTAINERS
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 2b78e2375c30..3697c63d3ef3 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ processResources {
     filesMatching("build.properties") {
         expand(version: project.findProperty('projVersionInfo') ?: '100.0.0',
                 "year": String.valueOf(Calendar.getInstance().get(Calendar.YEAR)),
-                "developers": new File('DEVELOPERS').readLines().findAll { !it.startsWith("#") }.join(", "),
+                "maintainers": new File('MAINTAINERS').readLines().findAll { !it.startsWith("#") }.join(", "),
                 "azureInstrumentationKey": System.getenv('AzureInstrumentationKey'),
                 "springerNatureAPIKey": System.getenv('SpringerNatureAPIKey'),
                 "astrophysicsDataSystemAPIKey": System.getenv('AstrophysicsDataSystemAPIKey'),
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/help/AboutDialog.css b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/help/AboutDialog.css
index 9793ab8df1e0..04dd4e9d0e76 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/help/AboutDialog.css
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/help/AboutDialog.css
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@
     -fx-padding: 5px;
 }
 
+.contrib-section {
+    -fx-padding: 5 5 10 5;
+}
+
 .logo-pane {
     fx-fill: transparent;
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/help/AboutDialog.fxml b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/help/AboutDialog.fxml
index ee7b925c49e7..2312d98f0339 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/help/AboutDialog.fxml
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/help/AboutDialog.fxml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane?>
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.VBox?>
 <?import javafx.scene.shape.SVGPath?>
-<DialogPane prefHeight="600.0" prefWidth="600.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8.0.121" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="org.jabref.gui.help.AboutDialogView">
+<DialogPane prefWidth="530.0" prefHeight="540.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8.0.121" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="org.jabref.gui.help.AboutDialogView">
     <content>
         <VBox alignment="CENTER_LEFT" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
             <HBox alignment="CENTER_LEFT">
@@ -83,13 +83,11 @@
                     </bottom>
                 </BorderPane>
             </HBox>
-            <Label styleClass="sub-heading" text="%Developers"/>
-            <Label alignment="CENTER" styleClass="info-sections" text="${controller.viewModel.developers}" textAlignment="JUSTIFY" wrapText="true"/>
-            <Label styleClass="sub-heading" text="%Authors"/>
-            JabRef would not have been possible without the help of our contributors.
+            <Label styleClass="sub-heading" text="%Maintainers"/>
+            <Label alignment="CENTER" styleClass="info-sections" text="${controller.viewModel.maintainers}" textAlignment="JUSTIFY" wrapText="true"/>
+            <Label styleClass="sub-heading" text="%Contributors"/>
             <HBox alignment="CENTER_LEFT">
-                <Label styleClass="space-after" text="${controller.viewModel.license}" wrapText="true"/>
-                <Hyperlink onAction="#openContributors" text="contributors"/>
+                <Hyperlink styleClass="contrib-section" onAction="#openContributors" text="${controller.viewModel.contributors}" wrapText="true"/>
             </HBox>
             <TextArea fx:id="textAreaVersions" editable="false" prefHeight="100.0" prefWidth="200.0" styleClass="info-sections"/>
         </VBox>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/help/AboutDialogViewModel.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/help/AboutDialogViewModel.java
index c784f5691573..61c221dbda04 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/help/AboutDialogViewModel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/help/AboutDialogViewModel.java
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ public class AboutDialogViewModel extends AbstractViewModel {
     private final ReadOnlyStringWrapper environmentInfo = new ReadOnlyStringWrapper();
     private final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AboutDialogViewModel.class);
     private final ReadOnlyStringWrapper heading = new ReadOnlyStringWrapper();
-    private final ReadOnlyStringWrapper developers = new ReadOnlyStringWrapper();
+    private final ReadOnlyStringWrapper maintainers = new ReadOnlyStringWrapper();
     private final ReadOnlyStringWrapper license = new ReadOnlyStringWrapper();
+    private final ReadOnlyStringWrapper contributors = new ReadOnlyStringWrapper();
     private final ReadOnlyBooleanWrapper isDevelopmentVersion = new ReadOnlyBooleanWrapper();
     private final DialogService dialogService;
     private final ReadOnlyStringWrapper developmentVersion = new ReadOnlyStringWrapper();
@@ -54,8 +55,9 @@ public AboutDialogViewModel(DialogService dialogService, ClipBoardManager clipBo
                     Collectors.joining("--"));
             developmentVersion.set(dev);
         }
-        developers.set(buildInfo.developers);
+        maintainers.set(buildInfo.maintainers);
         license.set(Localization.lang("License") + ":");
+        contributors.set(Localization.lang("JabRef would not have been possible without the help of our contributors."));
         changelogUrl = buildInfo.version.getChangelogUrl();
         versionInfo = String.format("JabRef %s%n%s %s %s %nJava %s %nJavaFX %s", buildInfo.version, BuildInfo.OS,
                 BuildInfo.OS_VERSION, BuildInfo.OS_ARCH, BuildInfo.JAVA_VERSION, BuildInfo.JAVAFX_VERSION);
@@ -81,12 +83,12 @@ public String getVersionInfo() {
         return versionInfo;
     }
 
-    public ReadOnlyStringProperty developersProperty() {
-        return developers.getReadOnlyProperty();
+    public ReadOnlyStringProperty maintainersProperty() {
+        return maintainers.getReadOnlyProperty();
     }
 
-    public String getDevelopers() {
-        return developers.get();
+    public String getMaintainers() {
+        return maintainers.get();
     }
 
     public ReadOnlyStringProperty headingProperty() {
@@ -105,6 +107,14 @@ public String getLicense() {
         return license.get();
     }
 
+    public ReadOnlyStringProperty contributorsProperty() {
+        return contributors.getReadOnlyProperty();
+    }
+
+    public String getContributors() {
+        return contributors.get();
+    }
+
     public String getEnvironmentInfo() {
         return environmentInfo.get();
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/util/BuildInfo.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/util/BuildInfo.java
index 771d4eaf8a0f..529772854b5a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/util/BuildInfo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/util/BuildInfo.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public final class BuildInfo {
 
 
     public final Version version;
-    public final String developers;
+    public final String maintainers;
     public final String year;
     public final String azureInstrumentationKey;
     public final String springerNatureAPIKey;
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public BuildInfo(String path) {
 
         version = Version.parse(properties.getProperty("version"));
         year = properties.getProperty("year", "");
-        developers = properties.getProperty("developers", "");
+        maintainers = properties.getProperty("maintainers", "");
         azureInstrumentationKey = BuildInfo.getValue(properties, "azureInstrumentationKey", "");
         springerNatureAPIKey = BuildInfo.getValue(properties, "springerNatureAPIKey", "118d90a519d0fc2a01ee9715400054d4");
         astrophysicsDataSystemAPIKey = BuildInfo.getValue(properties, "astrophysicsDataSystemAPIKey", "tAhPRKADc6cC26mZUnAoBt3MAjCvKbuCZsB4lI3c");
diff --git a/src/main/resources/build.properties b/src/main/resources/build.properties
index 739f2c2f4b9e..ec86a4cab545 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/build.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/build.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 version=${version}
 year=${year}
-developers=${developers}
+maintainers=${maintainers}
 azureInstrumentationKey=${azureInstrumentationKey}
 springerNatureAPIKey=${springerNatureAPIKey}
 astrophysicsDataSystemAPIKey=${astrophysicsDataSystemAPIKey}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/l10n/JabRef_en.properties b/src/main/resources/l10n/JabRef_en.properties
index a402c9325b18..239e454df50c 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/l10n/JabRef_en.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/l10n/JabRef_en.properties
@@ -1501,9 +1501,10 @@ character=character
 word=word
 Show\ symmetric\ diff=Show symmetric diff
 Copy\ Version=Copy Version
-Developers=Developers
-Authors=Authors
+Maintainers=Maintainers
+Contributors=Contributors
 License=License
+JabRef\ would\ not\ have\ been\ possible\ without\ the\ help\ of\ our\ contributors.=JabRef would not have been possible without the help of our contributors.
 
 HTML\ encoded\ character\ found=HTML encoded character found
 booktitle\ ends\ with\ 'conference\ on'=booktitle ends with 'conference on'