diff --git a/Doc/conf.py b/Doc/conf.py
--- a/Doc/conf.py
+++ b/Doc/conf.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ templates_path = ['tools/sphinxext']
 
 # General substitutions.
 project = 'Python'
-copyright = '1990-%s, Python Software Foundation' % time.strftime('%Y')
+copyright = '2001-%s, Python Software Foundation' % time.strftime('%Y')
 
 # The default replacements for |version| and |release|.
 #