diff --git a/wp-includes/author-template.php b/wp-includes/author-template.php
index 03b09432fc..ae823a4bf3 100644
--- a/wp-includes/author-template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/author-template.php
@@ -316,6 +316,8 @@ function get_author_posts_url($author_id, $author_nicename = '') {
  * or as a string.</li>
  * <li>html (bool) (true): Whether to list the items in html form or plaintext.
  * </li>
+ * <li>exclude (array): Array of user IDs to explicitly exclude.</li>
+ * <li>include (array): Array of user IDs to explicitly include.</li>
  * </ul>
  *
  * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_list_authors
@@ -331,7 +333,7 @@ function wp_list_authors($args = '') {
 		'optioncount' => false, 'exclude_admin' => true,
 		'show_fullname' => false, 'hide_empty' => true,
 		'feed' => '', 'feed_image' => '', 'feed_type' => '', 'echo' => true,
-		'style' => 'list', 'html' => true
+		'style' => 'list', 'html' => true, 'exclude' => '', 'include' => ''
 	);
 
 	$args = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
@@ -339,7 +341,7 @@ function wp_list_authors($args = '') {
 
 	$return = '';
 
-	$query_args = wp_array_slice_assoc( $args, array( 'orderby', 'order', 'number' ) );
+	$query_args = wp_array_slice_assoc( $args, array( 'orderby', 'order', 'number', 'exclude', 'include' ) );
 	$query_args['fields'] = 'ids';
 	$authors = get_users( $query_args );