diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ master_doc = 'index'
 # General information about the project.
 project = 'MetPy'
 # noinspection PyShadowingBuiltins
-copyright = (f'{cur_date:%Y}-2020, MetPy Developers. '
+copyright = (f'2008\u2013{cur_date:%Y}, MetPy Developers. '
              'Development supported by National Science Foundation grants '
              'AGS-1344155, OAC-1740315, and AGS-1901712')
DOC: Fix copyright range (Fixes #<I>)

Somehow we replace the origination year instead of the final year in
2e3f<I>. Also use the right Unicode character for the range.