diff --git a/doc/whats-new.rst b/doc/whats-new.rst
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--- a/doc/whats-new.rst
+++ b/doc/whats-new.rst
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ Internal Changes
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 - ``DataArray.dt`` now raises an ``AttributeError`` rather than a ``TypeError``
-  when the data isn't datetime-like. (:issue:`8718`, :pull:`8724`).
+  when the data isn't datetime-like. (:issue:`8718`, :pull:`8724`)
+  By `Maximilian Roos <https://github.com/max-sixty>`_. 
 
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