diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 5b8112788501..dcbb45ac8e28 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ def _check_deps():
 project = 'Matplotlib'
 copyright = ('2002 - 2012 John Hunter, Darren Dale, Eric Firing, '
              'Michael Droettboom and the Matplotlib development '
-             'team; 2012 - 2017 The Matplotlib development team')
+             'team; 2012 - 2018 The Matplotlib development team')
 
 # The default replacements for |version| and |release|, also used in various
 # other places throughout the built documents.