diff --git a/Doc/copyright.rst b/Doc/copyright.rst
index 376b1c4d63d..ec78a38c38c 100644
--- a/Doc/copyright.rst
+++ b/Doc/copyright.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Copyright
 
 Python and this documentation is:
 
-Copyright © 2001-2008 Python Software Foundation. All rights reserved.
+Copyright © 2001-2009 Python Software Foundation. All rights reserved.
 
 Copyright © 2000 BeOpen.com. All rights reserved.