diff --git a/docs/act_manual.sgml b/docs/act_manual.sgml
index a8d63886f5f2f99f16e6210805b0cb4191ba544a..6316f54c60ba8e3b8f94ebeab79db4dba334174b 100644
--- a/docs/act_manual.sgml
+++ b/docs/act_manual.sgml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     </PRODUCTNAME>
     <PUBDATE>16 May 2000</PUBDATE>
     <COPYRIGHT>
-      <YEAR>2000-2012</YEAR>
+      <YEAR>2000-2013</YEAR>
       <HOLDER>Genome Research Limited</HOLDER>
     </COPYRIGHT>
     <LEGALNOTICE>
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     </LEGALNOTICE>
     <ABSTRACT>
       <PARA>
-This document describes release 11 of &prog; - a DNA sequence comparison
+This document describes release 12 of &prog; - a DNA sequence comparison
 viewer.
       </PARA>
     </ABSTRACT>