diff --git a/src/tools/copyright b/src/tools/copyright
index 1c1ca305aa..63897c83cd 100755
--- a/src/tools/copyright
+++ b/src/tools/copyright
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/tools/copyright,v 1.15 2008/01/02 02:36:18 momjian Exp $
+# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/tools/copyright,v 1.16 2009/01/01 18:21:56 momjian Exp $
 
 echo "Using current year:  `date '+%Y'`"
 
 rgrep -l 'Copyright.*PostgreSQL Global Development Group' | while read FILE
 do
-	pipe sed 's/^\(.*Copyright (c) [12][0-9][0-9][0-9]\) \?- \?[12][0-9][0-9][0-9]\(, PostgreSQL Global Development Group.*\)$/\1-'`date '+%Y'`'\2/' $FILE
+	pipe sed 's/^\(.*Copyright (c) [12][0-9][0-9][0-9]\) \?- \?[12][0-9][0-9][0-9]\(,\? PostgreSQL Global Development Group.*\)$/\1-'`date '+%Y'`'\2/' $FILE
 	# handle cases where only one year appears
-	pipe sed 's/^\(.*Copyright (c) [12][0-9][0-9][0-9]\) \?\(, PostgreSQL Global Development Group.*\)$/\1-'`date '+%Y'`'\2/' $FILE
+	pipe sed 's/^\(.*Copyright (c) [12][0-9][0-9][0-9]\) \?\(,\? PostgreSQL Global Development Group.*\)$/\1-'`date '+%Y'`'\2/' $FILE
 done
 
 echo "Manually update doc/src/sgml/legal.sgml too" 1>&2