diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index edb41349..fb660361 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 project = "rapids-singlecell"
 title = "GPU accelerated single cell analysis"
 author = info["Author"]
-copyright = f"{datetime.now():%Y}, {author}."
+copyright = f"{datetime.now():%Y}, {author}"
 version = info["Version"]
 repository_url = "https://github.com/scverse/rapids_singlecell"