diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 594740f39..a54a6bbe9 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = u'Scrapy'
-copyright = u'2008-2016, Scrapy developers'
+copyright = u'2008–2018, Scrapy developers'
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the