diff --git a/icu4c/source/data/cldr-icu-readme.txt b/icu4c/source/data/cldr-icu-readme.txt
index e51db92fb60..236ad9d79dd 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/data/cldr-icu-readme.txt
+++ b/icu4c/source/data/cldr-icu-readme.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # ***************************************************************************
 # *
-# *   Copyright (C) 1997-2005, International Business Machines
+# *   Copyright (C) 2005, International Business Machines
 # *   Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.
 # *
 # ***************************************************************************