diff --git a/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex b/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex
index f6a453bf3fe..bc6e452ad8d 100644
--- a/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex
+++ b/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 	Email: \email{docs@python.org}
 }
 
-\date{21th February, 2008}			% XXX update before final release!
+\date{21st February, 2008}			% XXX update before final release!
 \input{patchlevel}		% include Python version information