diff --git a/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex b/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex
index 8692856180f..5811c1a176e 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{July 6, 1999}			% XXX update before release!
-\release{1.5.2}
+\date{\today}			% XXX update before release!
+\release{1.5.2$+$}