diff --git a/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex b/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex
index fb9942bdda7..c69cdba8179 100644
--- a/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex
+++ b/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	Email: \email{python-docs@python.org}
 }
 
-\date{\today}			% XXX update before final release!
+\date{July 29, 2003}		% XXX update before final release!
 \release{2.3}			% software release, not documentation
-\setreleaseinfo{c2}		% empty for final release
+\setreleaseinfo{}		% empty for final release
 \setshortversion{2.3}		% major.minor only for software