diff --git a/util/copyrights b/util/copyrights
index 81d3756cce..8b10ede74e 100644
--- a/util/copyrights
+++ b/util/copyrights
@@ -4124,7 +4124,7 @@
 ./util/mandoc2docbook.pl			PERL	2001,2004,2007,2012
 ./util/mdnbuildtest.sh				SH	2000,2001,2004,2007,2012
 ./util/memleak.pl				PERL	1999,2000,2001,2004,2007,2012
-./util/merge_copyrights				PERL	1998,1999,2000,2001,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015
+./util/merge_copyrights				PERL	1998,1999,2000,2001,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016
 ./util/mksymtbl.pl				PERL	2009,2012
 ./util/nanny.pl					PERL	2000,2001,2004,2007,2012
 ./util/new-func					PERL	2005,2007,2012