diff --git a/Doc/README.txt b/Doc/README.txt
index f03da7628b23..dfa62d575f74 100644
--- a/Doc/README.txt
+++ b/Doc/README.txt
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ The Python source is copyrighted, but you can freely use and copy it
 as long as you don't change or remove the copyright notice:
 
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-Copyright (c) 2000-2012 Python Software Foundation.
+Copyright (c) 2000-2013 Python Software Foundation.
 All rights reserved.
 
 Copyright (c) 2000 BeOpen.com.