For and , we consider the two-parameter family of means
where A and G denote the arithmetic and geometric means. Sharp bounds for the identric mean in terms of are obtained. Our results generalize and extend bounds due to Chu et al. (Abstr. Appl. Anal. 2011:657935, 2011) and to Wang et al. (Appl. Math. Lett. 25:471–475, 2012).