diff --git a/samples/dialogs/dialogs.cpp b/samples/dialogs/dialogs.cpp
index 56cf7de808..c1d4d1fca6 100644
--- a/samples/dialogs/dialogs.cpp
+++ b/samples/dialogs/dialogs.cpp
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ static void CommonAboutInfoInit(wxAboutDialogInfo& info)
     info.SetName(_T("Dialogs Sample"));
     info.SetVersion(wxVERSION_NUM_DOT_STRING_T);
     info.SetDescription(_T("This sample shows different wxWidgets dialogs"));
-    info.SetCopyright(_T("© 1998-2006 wxWidgets dev team"));
+    info.SetCopyright(_T("(C) 1998-2006 wxWidgets dev team"));
     info.AddDeveloper(_T("Vadim Zeitlin"));
 }