diff --git a/sphinx/__init__.py b/sphinx/__init__.py
index 1a78304b1..6a2520d31 100644
--- a/sphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from cStringIO import StringIO
 from sphinx.application import Sphinx
 from sphinx.util.console import nocolor
 
-__version__ = '$Revision: 5369 $'[11:-2]
+__version__ = '$Revision$'[11:-2]
 
 
 def usage(argv, msg=None):