diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a0c6836abc21bc1927a668c5308ca3eab5b84744..0192a7fa773c7d3d61ac24abdd06f4918454e20b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,10 +5,14 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Current]
 
+### Breaking
+
+- `\declarationAuthorship` is renamed to `\declarationofauthorship`
+
 ### Changed
 
 - the margins are now set using relative values, which makes them adapt to different paper sizes
-- add alignment parameter to `\declarationAuthorship`, it is still by default aligned to the bottom of the page, but can now be pushed to the top using `\declarationAuthorship[t]`
+- add alignment parameter to `\declarationofauthorship`, it is still by default aligned to the bottom of the page, but can now be pushed to the top using `\declarationofauthorship[t]`
 
 ## Fixed
 
diff --git a/HsH-classes.dtx b/HsH-classes.dtx
index da76e3414b52cfdfa6fe58d2fcfe8948633c7991..9dd89478f9c2a1e43e93d7afaad2c5f8aa70a310 100644
--- a/HsH-classes.dtx
+++ b/HsH-classes.dtx
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@
 \newif\if@oneAuthor \@oneAuthortrue
 %
 % this is the actuall command:
-\newcommand{\declarationAuthorship}[1][b]{
+\newcommand{\declarationofauthorship}[1][b]{
   \let\@param#1
   \renewcommand{\thanks}{\sbox0}
   \foreach \x [count=\i] in \@author{\ifnum\i>1\global\@oneAuthorfalse\fi}
@@ -408,6 +408,9 @@
   \par}
   \if\@param t\vspace*{\fill}\fi
 }
+% for backwards compatability:
+\let\declarationAuthorship\declarationofauthorship
+
 %
 %% reconfig Titlepage -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 \newtoks\@tabtoks
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 648d98b0fdc52365fe1b1d7be64bca95966a0f8e..7ce5169ff50346e7fa2f047cc876a484b95573e2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ You can use the following macros to define the different information presented o
 - `\keywords` will not be printed on the title-page, but rather on the end of the abstract, if you define some. They will also be but into the PDFs
   metadata.
 
-### `\declarationAuthorship[align]`
+### `\declarationofauthorship[align]`
 This macro will typeset a declaration of authorship, which is needed for most academic works. You can choose to have it on the bottom (`b`) or top (`t`) of the page, with bottom beeing the default. <br>
 The macro is defined in German and English and will automatically match your document language.