diff --git a/config/configuration.yml.example b/config/configuration.yml.example
index b249835a3e6..c780d4ff54a 100644
--- a/config/configuration.yml.example
+++ b/config/configuration.yml.example
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+#-- copyright
+# OpenProject is a project management system.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2012-2013 the OpenProject Team
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3.
+#
+# See doc/COPYRIGHT.rdoc for more details.
+#++
+
 # = ChiliProject configuration file
 #
 # Each environment has it's own configuration options.  If you are only
diff --git a/config/database.yml.example b/config/database.yml.example
index 4436b7149b3..68596cdeab7 100644
--- a/config/database.yml.example
+++ b/config/database.yml.example
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+#-- copyright
+# OpenProject is a project management system.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2012-2013 the OpenProject Team
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3.
+#
+# See doc/COPYRIGHT.rdoc for more details.
+#++
+
 # MySQL (default setup).
 
 production:
diff --git a/lib/tasks/copyright.rake b/lib/tasks/copyright.rake
index a3cdc4a2dd1..e5d68498b8f 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/copyright.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/copyright.rake
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ namespace :copyright do
     rewrite_copyright("yml", [], :rb, args[:arg1])
   end
 
+  desc "Update the copyright on .yml.example source files"
+  task :update_yml_example, :arg1 do |task, args|
+    rewrite_copyright("yml.example", [], :rb, args[:arg1])
+  end
+
   desc "Update the copyright on .rjs source files"
   task :update_rjs, :arg1 do |task, args|
     rewrite_copyright("rjs", [], :rb, args[:arg1])
@@ -234,7 +239,7 @@ namespace :copyright do
   task :update, :arg1 do |task, args|
     %w{
       css rb js js_erb css_erb html_erb json_erb text_erb atom_builder api_rsb rake
-      feature rdoc rjs md sql html yml special_files
+      feature rdoc rjs md sql html yml yml_example special_files
     }.each do |t|
       Rake::Task['copyright:update_' + t.to_s].invoke(args[:arg1])
     end