diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 16b7e67a..63fe8c26 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Fail2Ban (version 0.6.3)                           200?/??/??
 ver. 0.6.3 (200?/??/??) - stable
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 - Send SIGTERM instead of SIGINT when using "-k"
+- Fixed removal of host in hosts.deny. Thanks to René Berber
 
 ver. 0.6.2 (2006/12/11) - stable
 ----------
diff --git a/README b/README
index 53aa18f4..a3a8371f 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ Thanks:
 Kévin Drapel, Marvin Rouge, Sireyessire, Robert Edeker,
 Tom Pike, Iain Lea, Andrey G. Grozin, Yaroslav Halchenko,
 Jonathan Kamens, Stephen Gildea, Markus Hoffmann, Mark
-Edgington, Patrick Börjesson, kojiro, zugeschmiert
+Edgington, Patrick Börjesson, kojiro, zugeschmiert, René
+Berber
 
 License:
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diff --git a/config/fail2ban.conf.hostsdeny b/config/fail2ban.conf.hostsdeny
index 5bfeab3b..43efb34d 100644
--- a/config/fail2ban.conf.hostsdeny
+++ b/config/fail2ban.conf.hostsdeny
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ fwban = IP=<ip> && echo "ALL: $IP" >> %(hostsdeny)s
 # Values:  CMD
 # Default: iptables -D INPUT -s <ip> -j DROP
 #
-fwunban = IP=<ip> && sed -i.old s/ALL:\ $IP// %(hostsdeny)s
+fwunban = IP=<ip> && sed -i.old /ALL:\ $IP/d %(hostsdeny)s
 
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 # Option:  enabled