diff --git a/README b/README
index 5463de4a7e8..45fa490483b 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ For the avoidance of doubt, this particular copy of the software
 is released under the version 2 of the GNU General Public License. 
 MySQL is brought to you by the MySQL team at Oracle.
 
-Copyright (c) 2000, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+Copyright (c) 2003, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 
 License information can be found in the COPYING file.