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@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ dot. If both are the same, only one is used without the middle dot.
 The HTML body can have a header, a body, and a footer. The header has
 the section menus, if any; the page title, if any; the page description,
 if any; and the page date, if any. The body has the page content, if
-any. The footer has the copyright notice, if any.
+any. The footer has the site copyright notice, if any.
 
 The page date is the publish date, if it exists; otherwise, it's the
 creation date.