diff --git a/docs/_templates/layout.html b/docs/_templates/layout.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6666627c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/_templates/layout.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{% extends "!layout.html" %}
+
+{% set copyright = "2006-2014 Ricardo Garcia Gonzalez" %}
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 6dfcbdc15..91bf7ae3e 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = u'youtube-dl'
-copyright = u'2014, Ricardo Garcia Gonzalez'
+# Set it to None so that we can set different copyrights in the html and man
+# output
+copyright = None
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
@@ -72,6 +74,6 @@ htmlhelp_basename = 'youtube-dldoc'
 
 
 # -- Options for the man page ---------------------------------------------
-man_pages = [('youtube-dl.1', 'youtube-dl', 'download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms', 'Ricardo Garcia Gonzalez', 1)]
+man_pages = [('youtube-dl.1', 'youtube-dl', 'download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms', None, 1)]
 
 man_show_urls = True
diff --git a/docs/youtube-dl.1.rst b/docs/youtube-dl.1.rst
index eec8aa634..766746ba5 100644
--- a/docs/youtube-dl.1.rst
+++ b/docs/youtube-dl.1.rst
@@ -76,3 +76,10 @@ BUGS
 ====
 
 Bugs and suggestions should be reported at: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues. Please read the `bug reporting guidelines <https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/#bugs>`_ before opening a ticket.
+
+COPYRIGHT
+=========
+
+youtube-dl is released into the public domain by the copyright holders.
+
+This manual page is based on the README file originally written by `Daniel Bolton <https://github.com/dbbolton>`_ and is likewise released into the public domain.