diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 5420558f0dcaad..b481b80189ff3e 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ This is Python version 3.8.0 alpha 0
    :alt: CPython code coverage on Codecov
    :target: https://codecov.io/gh/python/cpython
 
-Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,
-2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Python Software Foundation.  All rights
+Copyright (c) 2001-2018 Python Software Foundation.  All rights
 reserved.
 
 See the end of this file for further copyright and license information.
@@ -234,8 +233,7 @@ See :pep:`569` for Python 3.8 release details.
 Copyright and License Information
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-Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,
-2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Python Software Foundation.  All rights
+Copyright (c) 2001-2018 Python Software Foundation.  All rights
 reserved.
 
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