diff --git a/src/clientversion.h b/src/clientversion.h
index bc2ab199f..6b805fdc4 100644
--- a/src/clientversion.h
+++ b/src/clientversion.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
  * Copyright year (2009-this)
  * Todo: update this when changing our copyright comments in the source
  */
-#define COPYRIGHT_YEAR 2021
+#define COPYRIGHT_YEAR 2022
 
 #endif //HAVE_CONFIG_H
 
diff --git a/util/update-copyrights.sh b/util/update-copyrights.sh
index ba9a9c5e3..f4b1ce2ae 100755
--- a/util/update-copyrights.sh
+++ b/util/update-copyrights.sh
@@ -6,4 +6,8 @@
 # TODO: verify $1 and $2 exist
 # TODO: verify ack and xargs exist on this system
 
+# This update comments in soure code
 ack -l -i "20..-20..*Hush dev" | xargs ./util/replace.pl -$1 -$2
+
+# This updates the define which is used by C++ help output
+./util/replace.pl "COPYRIGHT_YEAR $1" "COPYRIGHT_YEAR $2" src/clientversion.h