diff --git a/libs/core/config/cmake/templates/config_version.hpp.in b/libs/core/config/cmake/templates/config_version.hpp.in
index a8f8e7bb48b7..b5093e37f8df 100644
--- a/libs/core/config/cmake/templates/config_version.hpp.in
+++ b/libs/core/config/cmake/templates/config_version.hpp.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//  Copyright (c) 2007-2023 Hartmut Kaiser
+//  Copyright (c) 2007-2024 Hartmut Kaiser
 //  Copyright (c)      2011 Bryce Lelbach
 //  Copyright (c)      2013 Adrian Serio
 //
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ namespace hpx {
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 #if !defined(HPX_CORE_EXPORTS) && !defined(HPX_NO_VERSION_CHECK)
 
-// This is instantiated for each translation unit outside of the HPX core
+// This is instantiated for each translation unit outside the HPX core
 // library, forcing to resolve the variable HPX_CHECK_VERSION.
 namespace {
     // Note: this function is never executed.
diff --git a/libs/core/version/src/version.cpp b/libs/core/version/src/version.cpp
index 96d1662efdf2..c54c21e54919 100644
--- a/libs/core/version/src/version.cpp
+++ b/libs/core/version/src/version.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //  Copyright (c) 2011 Bryce Lelbach
-//  Copyright (c) 2011-2023 Hartmut Kaiser
+//  Copyright (c) 2011-2024 Hartmut Kaiser
 //
 //  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSL-1.0
 //  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
@@ -151,12 +151,12 @@ namespace hpx {
 
     std::string copyright()
     {
-        char const* const copyright =
+        constexpr char const* const copyright =
             "HPX - The C++ Standard Library for Parallelism and Concurrency\n"
             "(A general purpose parallel C++ runtime system for distributed "
             "applications\n"
             "of any scale).\n\n"
-            "Copyright (c) 2007-2023, The STE||AR Group,\n"
+            "Copyright (c) 2007-2024, The STE||AR Group,\n"
             "http://stellar-group.org, email:hpx-users@stellar-group.org\n\n"
             "Distributed under the Boost Software License, "
             "Version 1.0. (See accompanying\n"
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ namespace hpx {
 
                 for (auto const& e : c.config_entries)
                 {
-                    strm << "  " << e << std::endl;
+                    strm << "  " << e << "\n";
                 }
 
                 strm << "\n";