diff --git a/_content/AUTHORS.md b/_content/AUTHORS.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24804282
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_content/AUTHORS.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+title: "Authors of Go"
+layout: article
+date: 2022-07-25T10:15:00-04:00
+---
+
+The Go project formerly maintained AUTHORS and CONTRIBUTORS files
+listing the authors of commits in the Go project repositories.
+The source control history is now the authoritative source for
+this information.
+
+Go's Gerrit instance can search for changes by specific authors.
+For example \[[is:merged author:"Russ Cox"](https://go-review.googlesource.com/q/is:merged+author:%2522Russ+Cox%2522)\].
+
diff --git a/_content/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/_content/CONTRIBUTORS.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bb11b1bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_content/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+redirect: /AUTHORS
+---
diff --git a/cmd/golangorg/testdata/web.txt b/cmd/golangorg/testdata/web.txt
index 82764479..836cf434 100644
--- a/cmd/golangorg/testdata/web.txt
+++ b/cmd/golangorg/testdata/web.txt
@@ -428,3 +428,9 @@ redirect == /doc/#references
 
 GET https://go.dev/ref/
 redirect == /doc/#references
+
+GET https://go.dev/AUTHORS
+body contains is:merged author:
+
+GET https://go.dev/CONTRIBUTORS
+redirect == /AUTHORS