diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index bf46b64069cb4f0b36161907f2c4e27f49ece07a..758c2b3fc94593d2fa0a03a1cfb6f3adc475a555 100755
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ setup_cfg.read('../setup.cfg')
 project = setup_cfg['metadata']['name']
 author = setup_cfg['metadata']['author']
 description = setup_cfg['metadata']['description']
+copyright = '2020, {}'.format(author)
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the