diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/genbki.pl b/src/backend/catalog/genbki.pl
index 5c910a93c12..0bab9450da1 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/genbki.pl
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/genbki.pl
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ print SCHEMAPG <<EOM;
  * schemapg.h
  *    Schema_pg_xxx macros for use by relcache.c
  *
- * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2011, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+ * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2012, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
  * NOTES
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/Gen_fmgrtab.pl b/src/backend/utils/Gen_fmgrtab.pl
index cf560265325..93beb9aee43 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/Gen_fmgrtab.pl
+++ b/src/backend/utils/Gen_fmgrtab.pl
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ qq|/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * These macros can be used to avoid a catalog lookup when a specific
  * fmgr-callable function needs to be referenced.
  *
- * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2011, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+ * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2012, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
  * NOTES
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ qq|/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * fmgrtab.c
  *    The function manager's table of internal functions.
  *
- * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2011, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+ * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2012, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
  * NOTES
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/help.c b/src/bin/psql/help.c
index 8868d7151c0..717d4cd10cf 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/help.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/help.c
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ print_copyright(void)
 	puts(
 		 "PostgreSQL Database Management System\n"
 		 "(formerly known as Postgres, then as Postgres95)\n\n"
-		 "Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2011, PostgreSQL Global Development Group\n\n"
+		 "Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2012, PostgreSQL Global Development Group\n\n"
 		 "Portions Copyright (c) 1994, The Regents of the University of California\n\n"
 	"Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its\n"
 		 "documentation for any purpose, without fee, and without a written agreement\n"
diff --git a/src/tools/copyright.pl b/src/tools/copyright.pl
index 6ef6e106323..52a7cb16cc6 100755
--- a/src/tools/copyright.pl
+++ b/src/tools/copyright.pl
@@ -61,5 +61,7 @@ sub wanted
 }
 
 print
-"Manually update doc/src/sgml/legal.sgml and src/interfaces/libpq/libpq.rc.in too\n";
+"Manually update doc/src/sgml/legal.sgml and src/interfaces/libpq/libpq.rc.in too.\n";
+print
+"Also update ./COPYRIGHT and doc/src/sgml/legal.sgml in all back branches.\n";