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 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/marijnh/acorn.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/marijnh/acorn)
 [![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/acorn.svg)](https://www.npmjs.org/package/acorn)  
-[Funding status: ![maintainer happiness](https://marijnhaverbeke.nl/fund/status_s.png)](https://marijnhaverbeke.nl/fund/)
+[Author funding status: ![maintainer happiness](https://marijnhaverbeke.nl/fund/status_s.png)](https://marijnhaverbeke.nl/fund/)
 
 A tiny, fast JavaScript parser, written completely in JavaScript.