diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 368e4e85..04cc1969 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 # Ensure we get the local copy of tornado instead of what's on the standard path
 import os
 import sys
+import time
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(".."))
 import tornado
 
 master_doc = "index"
 
 project = "Tornado"
-copyright = "2011, Facebook"
+copyright = "2009-%s, The Tornado Authors" % time.strftime("%Y")
 
 version = release = tornado.version