diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index cdabf2d470839..13d3324caf249 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
         "index",
         "pandas.tex",
         "pandas: powerful Python data analysis toolkit",
-        r"Wes McKinney\n\& PyData Development Team",
+        "Wes McKinney and the Pandas Development Team",
         "manual",
     )
 ]