diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 34a9604a..2dda12db 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -9,3 +9,9 @@ Simon Howe, Weaveworks <simon@weave.works> (github: @foot, slack: simonh)
 Dinos Kousidis <dinos.simpson@gmail.com> (github: @dinosk, slack: dinos)
 Stefan Prodan, Weaveworks <stefan@weave.works> (github: @stefanprodan, slack: stefanprodan)
 Yiannis Triantafyllopoulos <yiannis@weave.works> (github: @yiannistri, slack: yiannis)
+
+Retired maintainers:
+
+- Michael Beaumont
+
+Thank you for your involvement, and let us not say "farewell" ...