diff --git a/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml b/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml
index d99c4b0d5d..dcd04f0dce 100644
--- a/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml
+++ b/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 <book xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0">
   <info>
     <title>BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</title>
+    <!-- insert copyright start -->
     <copyright>
       <year>2004</year>
       <year>2005</year>
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
       <year>2013</year>
       <year>2014</year>
       <year>2015</year>
+      <year>2016</year>
       <holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")</holder>
     </copyright>
     <copyright>
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@
       <year>2003</year>
       <holder>Internet Software Consortium.</holder>
     </copyright>
+    <!-- insert copyright end -->
     <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="releaseinfo.xml"/>
   </info>
 
diff --git a/util/update_copyrights b/util/update_copyrights
index e13ea3bb62..bd303a5c91 100644
--- a/util/update_copyrights
+++ b/util/update_copyrights
@@ -600,6 +600,10 @@ foreach $file (keys %file_types) {
 			$r .= "    <xi:include href=\"releaseinfo.xml\"/>\n";
 			s:<bookinfo>.*?</bookinfo>:<bookinfo>\n$r  </bookinfo>:s;
 		}
+		if ($type eq 'SGML' && m:<!-- insert copyright start -->.*?<!-- insert copyright end -->:s) {
+			my $r = copyrights(@years);
+			s:<!-- insert copyright start -->.*?<!-- insert copyright end -->:<!-- insert copyright start -->\n$r    <!-- insert copyright end -->:s;
+		}
 
                 my ($start, $end);
 		if ($type =~ /^PYTHON(|-BIN)$/) {