diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index eb3c016a5..2068a3612 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Antony Lee
 Armin Rigo
 Aron Coyle
 Aron Curzon
+Aviral Verma
 Aviv Palivoda
 Barney Gale
 Ben Webb
diff --git a/changelog/3303.doc.rst b/changelog/3303.doc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0af91ffb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/3303.doc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Change documentation copyright year to a range which auto-updates itself each time it is published.
diff --git a/doc/en/conf.py b/doc/en/conf.py
index f5c17404b..d64b81117 100644
--- a/doc/en/conf.py
+++ b/doc/en/conf.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import os
 import sys
+import datetime
 
 from _pytest import __version__ as version
 
@@ -57,7 +58,8 @@ master_doc = 'contents'
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = u'pytest'
-copyright = u'2015, holger krekel and pytest-dev team'
+year = datetime.datetime.utcnow().year
+copyright = u'2015–{} , holger krekel and pytest-dev team'.format(year)