diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index 406d3e458b037914d150673054fa9882736333a0..a76ce024e73c231efb932d42ce0aac397846aa54 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ regendoc:
 	$(Echo) Building doxygen documentation
 	$(Verb) $(RM) -rf $(PROJ_OBJ_DIR)/doxygen
 	$(Verb) $(DOXYGEN) $(PROJ_OBJ_DIR)/doxygen.cfg
+	$(Verb) sed -i "s/[$$]LatestRev[$$]/`svnversion $(PROJ_SRC_DIR)`/g" \
+	 $(PROJ_OBJ_DIR)/doxygen/html/*.html
 
 $(PROJ_OBJ_DIR)/doxygen.tar.gz: $(DOXYFILES) $(PROJ_OBJ_DIR)/doxygen.cfg
 	$(Echo) Packaging doxygen documentation
diff --git a/docs/doxygen.footer b/docs/doxygen.footer
index 524e9a2bb8b9217ecd22112ca8ee66534828968a..02db39fa559e29051479b26c01fe9ea8f074de2f 100644
--- a/docs/doxygen.footer
+++ b/docs/doxygen.footer
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <hr>
 <p class="footer">
-Generated on $datetime by <a href="http://www.doxygen.org">Doxygen 
+Generated on $datetime for r$LatestRev$ by <a href="http://www.doxygen.org">Doxygen 
 $doxygenversion</a>.</p>
 
 <p class="footer">