diff --git a/docs/settings.rst b/docs/settings.rst
index 8ecac7c9..0d8f924f 100644
--- a/docs/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/settings.rst
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ Setting name (default value) What does it do?
`CATEGORY_SAVE_AS` (``'category/{slug}.html'``) The location to save a category.
`TAG_URL` (``'tag/{slug}.html'``) The URL to use for a tag.
`TAG_SAVE_AS` (``'tag/{slug}.html'``) The location to save the tag page.
-`TAGS_URL` (``'tag/{slug}.html'``) The URL to use for the tag list.
+`TAGS_URL` (``'tags.html'``) The URL to use for the tag list.
`TAGS_SAVE_AS` (``'tags.html'``) The location to save the tag list.
`AUTHOR_URL` (``'author/{slug}.html'``) The URL to use for an author.
`AUTHOR_SAVE_AS` (``'author/{slug}.html'``) The location to save an author.
diff --git a/pelican/settings.py b/pelican/settings.py
index 0f37c98d..d4ce0c5c 100644
--- a/pelican/settings.py
+++ b/pelican/settings.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
'DEFAULT_LANG': 'en',
'TAG_CLOUD_STEPS': 4,
'TAG_CLOUD_MAX_ITEMS': 100,
- 'DIRECT_TEMPLATES': ('index', 'tags', 'categories', 'archives'),
+ 'DIRECT_TEMPLATES': ('index', 'tags', 'categories', 'authors', 'archives'),
'EXTRA_TEMPLATES_PATHS': [],
'PAGINATED_DIRECT_TEMPLATES': ('index', ),
'PELICAN_CLASS': 'pelican.Pelican',
diff --git a/pelican/tests/output/basic/authors.html b/pelican/tests/output/basic/authors.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..766bf566
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pelican/tests/output/basic/authors.html
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+
+
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