diff --git a/src/plugins/textreport/SimpleBookTitle.py b/src/plugins/textreport/SimpleBookTitle.py
index c7e72a150..a8f5f575f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/textreport/SimpleBookTitle.py
+++ b/src/plugins/textreport/SimpleBookTitle.py
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ class SimpleBookTitleOptions(MenuReportOptions):
         
         dateinfo = time.localtime(time.time())
         rname = self.__db.get_researcher().get_name()
-        footer_string = _('Copyright %d %s') % (dateinfo[0], rname)
+        footer_string = _('Copyright %(year)d %(name)s') % {
+            'year' : dateinfo[0], 'name' : rname }
         footer = StringOption(_('Footer'), footer_string )
         footer.set_help(_("Footer string for the page."))
         menu.add_option(category_name, "footer", footer)