Don't \input boilerplate.tex, fill in the real stuff. 3rd party

documents probably aren't written by Guido.  ;-)

Doc/templates/manual.tex

@@ -2,7 +2,24 @@
 
 \title{Big Python Manual}
 
-\input{boilerplate}
+\author{Your Name Here}
+
+% Please at least include a long-lived email address;
+% the rest is at your discretion.
+\authoraddress{
+	Organization name, if applicable \\
+	Street address, if you want to use it \\
+	E-mail: \email{your-email@your.domain}
+}
+
+\date{April 30, 1999}		% update before release!
+				% Use an explicit date so that reformatting
+				% doesn't cause a new date to be used.  Setting
+				% the date to \today can be used during draft
+				% stages to make it easier to handle versions.
+
+\release{x.y}			% release version; this is used to define the
+				% \version macro
 
 \makeindex			% tell \index to actually write the .idx file
 \makemodindex			% If this contains a lot of module sections.