In the paper titled, The achiasmia spectrum: congenitally reduced chiasmal decussation (Br J Ophthalmol 2005;89:1311–17), one of the authors names has been misspelt. The correct list of authors is, D A Sami, D Saunders, D A Thompson, I M Russell-Eggitt, K K Nischal, G Jeffrey, M Dattani, R A Clement, A Liasis, D S Taylor. The journal apologises for this error.