diff --git a/README b/README
index 8e027d5..7f6709b 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ AUTHORS
        o   Jim Radford <radford@blackbean.org>
 
 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
-       Copyright 2003-2008 by David Caldwell and Jim Radford.
+       Copyright 2003-2009 by David Caldwell and Jim Radford.
 
        commit-patch is distributed under the GNU General Public
        License. See the COPYING file in the distribution for more
diff --git a/commit-patch b/commit-patch
index 105f00d..a362a2a 100755
--- a/commit-patch
+++ b/commit-patch
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
-# Copyright (c) 2003-2008 David Caldwell <david@porkrind.org>
+# Copyright (c) 2003-2009 David Caldwell <david@porkrind.org>
 #                     and Jim Radford <radford@bleackbean.org>, All Rights Reserved.
 # This code can be distributed under the terms of the GNU Public License
 # Version: 2.1