diff --git a/doc/contribute.html b/doc/contribute.html
index f18346bca62..ba70c960036 100644
--- a/doc/contribute.html
+++ b/doc/contribute.html
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ This rigmarole needs to be done only for your first submission.
 <p>Code that you contribute should use the standard copyright header:</p>
 
 <pre>
-// Copyright 2010 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 </pre>