diff --git a/Doc/boilerplate.tex b/Doc/boilerplate.tex
index c67bdb8918c..1762d9d0524 100644
--- a/Doc/boilerplate.tex
+++ b/Doc/boilerplate.tex
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 	E-mail: \email{guido@CNRI.Reston.Va.US}, \email{guido@python.org}
 }
 
-\date{December 31, 1997}			% XXX update before release!
+\date{February 17, 1998}		% XXX update before release!
 \release{1.5}
diff --git a/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex b/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex
index c67bdb8918c..1762d9d0524 100644
--- a/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex
+++ b/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 	E-mail: \email{guido@CNRI.Reston.Va.US}, \email{guido@python.org}
 }
 
-\date{December 31, 1997}			% XXX update before release!
+\date{February 17, 1998}		% XXX update before release!
 \release{1.5}