diff --git a/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex b/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex
index 2d4868275d0..b4c9f480da3 100644
--- a/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex
+++ b/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 	Email: \email{docs@python.org}
 }
 
-\date{27th April 2006}			% XXX update before final release!
+\date{\today}			% XXX update before final release!
 \input{patchlevel}		% include Python version information