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@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Consult the `Changelog <http://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/changelog.html>`__ page
 License
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-Copyright Holger Krekel and others, 2004-2017.
+Copyright Holger Krekel and others, 2004-2018.
 
 Distributed under the terms of the `MIT`_ license, pytest is free and open source software.