diff --git a/minix/kernel/main.c b/minix/kernel/main.c
index 7a5dcc516..1d8531460 100644
--- a/minix/kernel/main.c
+++ b/minix/kernel/main.c
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ static void announce(void)
 #ifdef _VCS_REVISION
 	"(" _VCS_REVISION ")\n"
 #endif
-      "Copyright 2014, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands\n",
+      "Copyright 2016, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands\n",
       OS_RELEASE);
   printf("MINIX is open source software, see http://www.minix3.org\n");
 }