diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index f08621c..3e1a641 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -52,8 +52,14 @@
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = "Adafruit ADXL34x Library"
+creation_year = "2018"
 current_year = str(datetime.datetime.now().year)
-copyright = current_year + " Bryan Siepert"
+year_duration = (
+    current_year
+    if current_year == creation_year
+    else creation_year + " - " + current_year
+)
+copyright = year_duration + " Bryan Siepert"
 author = "Bryan Siepert"
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for