diff --git a/docs/MIPS-manual.pdf b/docs/MIPS-manual.pdf
index 1a358b9..977a986 100644
Binary files a/docs/MIPS-manual.pdf and b/docs/MIPS-manual.pdf differ
diff --git a/docs/other/MIPS-Release-Checklist.md b/docs/other/MIPS-Release-Checklist.md
index ee67e76..f53c2b9 100644
--- a/docs/other/MIPS-Release-Checklist.md
+++ b/docs/other/MIPS-Release-Checklist.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Pre-release
   - `docs/relnotes/MIPS-Release-Notes-#.#.md`
   - `docs/src/MIPS-manual/MIPS-manual.tex`
     - title page
-    - copyright
+    - copyright (front page and LICENSE text)
     - Appendix C Release History
     - `\mipsver` (update `\mpver`, `\mptestver`, `\mpomver`, `\mostver` too)
   - Sphinx docs
diff --git a/docs/src/MIPS-manual/MIPS-manual.tex b/docs/src/MIPS-manual/MIPS-manual.tex
index 26b67d0..2551a41 100644
--- a/docs/src/MIPS-manual/MIPS-manual.tex
+++ b/docs/src/MIPS-manual/MIPS-manual.tex
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ \subsection{License and Terms of Use}
 ~\cite{bsd}. The full text of the license can be found in the \code{LICENSE} file at the top level of the distribution or at \url{https://github.com/MATPOWER/mips/blob/master/LICENSE} and reads as follows.
 
 \begin{Notice}
-Copyright (c) 1996-2016, Power Systems Engineering Research Center
+Copyright (c) 1996-2024, Power Systems Engineering Research Center
 (PSERC) and individual contributors (see AUTHORS file for details).
 All rights reserved.