diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/commands.py b/src/python/grpcio/commands.py
index ea3b6f3391debaa6d27e28f58c3db6a9734f52ce..701c6af0179300b52344a981f0a770202a7fcba2 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/commands.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/commands.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ napoleon_numpy_docstring = True
 napoleon_include_special_with_doc = True
 
 html_theme = 'sphinx_rtd_theme'
+copyright = "2016, The gRPC Authors"
 """
 
 API_GLOSSARY = """
diff --git a/tools/distrib/python/docgen.py b/tools/distrib/python/docgen.py
index 622317920d4f9c7228df872e20ddc3056adae4a7..38ffcd6e0e3d52e56099a9895acb52e7f99c805d 100755
--- a/tools/distrib/python/docgen.py
+++ b/tools/distrib/python/docgen.py
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ if args.submit:
   # specified repository, edit it, and push it. It's up to the user to then go
   # onto GitHub and make a PR against grpc/grpc:gh-pages.
   repo_parent_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+  print('Documentation parent directory: {}'.format(repo_parent_dir))
   repo_dir = os.path.join(repo_parent_dir, 'grpc')
   python_doc_dir = os.path.join(repo_dir, 'python')
   doc_branch = args.doc_branch