diff --git a/docs/_includes/sidebar.html b/docs/_includes/sidebar.html
index 0a3474f9ba..4220419313 100644
--- a/docs/_includes/sidebar.html
+++ b/docs/_includes/sidebar.html
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 <ul id="mysidebar" class="nav">
     <li class="sidebarTitle">{{sidebar[0].product}} {{sidebar[0].version | replace: '!PMD_VERSION!', site.pmd.version}}</li>
+    <div class="sidebarTitleDate">Release date: {{site.pmd.date}}</div>
     {% for entry in sidebar %}
     {% for folder in entry.folders %}
     {% if folder.output contains "web" %}
diff --git a/docs/css/pmd-customstyles.css b/docs/css/pmd-customstyles.css
index 46afb1aa32..2005a56939 100644
--- a/docs/css/pmd-customstyles.css
+++ b/docs/css/pmd-customstyles.css
@@ -88,3 +88,9 @@ details[open] summary {
 .xpath-fun-doc .code-examples dt {
     font-weight: normal;
 }
+
+div.sidebarTitleDate {
+    margin-top:2.5px;
+    margin-bottom:5px;
+    margin-left:5px; 
+}
diff --git a/docs/css/theme-blue.css b/docs/css/theme-blue.css
index 64cc6c387e..91caad7277 100644
--- a/docs/css/theme-blue.css
+++ b/docs/css/theme-blue.css
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ li.sidebarTitle {
     font-weight:normal;
     font-size:130%;
     color: #ED1951;
-    margin-bottom:10px;
-    margin-left: 5px;
+    margin-bottom:2.5px;
+    margin-left:5px;
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/css/theme-green.css b/docs/css/theme-green.css
index f6b0d8b1e7..b5c10446b7 100644
--- a/docs/css/theme-green.css
+++ b/docs/css/theme-green.css
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ li.sidebarTitle {
     font-weight:normal;
     font-size:130%;
     color: #ED1951;
-    margin-bottom:10px;
-    margin-left: 5px;
+    margin-bottom:2.5px;
+    margin-left:5px;
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file