diff --git a/reactos/base/shell/cmd/cmd.c b/reactos/base/shell/cmd/cmd.c
index df55e13bd9b..5e755937359 100644
--- a/reactos/base/shell/cmd/cmd.c
+++ b/reactos/base/shell/cmd/cmd.c
@@ -1850,7 +1850,7 @@ Initialize (int argc, const TCHAR* argv[])
             _T(KERNEL_RELEASE_STR),
             _T(KERNEL_VERSION_BUILD_STR));
 
-	    ConOutPuts (_T("(C) Copyright 1998-" COPYRIGHT_YEAR " ReactOS Team.\n"));
+	    ConOutPuts (_T("(C) Copyright 1998-") _T(COPYRIGHT_YEAR) _T(" ReactOS Team.\n"));
     }
 
     ExecuteAutoRunFile ();
diff --git a/reactos/base/shell/cmd/ver.c b/reactos/base/shell/cmd/ver.c
index a54cb49e157..d2137649657 100644
--- a/reactos/base/shell/cmd/ver.c
+++ b/reactos/base/shell/cmd/ver.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ INT cmd_ver (LPTSTR cmd, LPTSTR param)
 	{
 
 		ConOutPuts (_T("Copyright (C) 1994-1998 Tim Norman and others."));
-		ConOutPuts (_T("Copyright (C) 1998-" COPYRIGHT_YEAR " ReactOS Team")); 
+		ConOutPuts (_T("Copyright (C) 1998-") _T(COPYRIGHT_YEAR) _T(" ReactOS Team")); 
 
 		for (i = 0; param[i]; i++)
 		{