diff --git a/lib/EbookPlaceholder.php b/lib/EbookPlaceholder.php
index 300eab77..3b88a670 100644
--- a/lib/EbookPlaceholder.php
+++ b/lib/EbookPlaceholder.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 /**
  * @property bool $IsPublicDomain
+ * @property string $TimeTillIsPublicDomain A string describing how much longer it will be before this work is in the U.S. public domain, like `3 months` or `20 years`.
  */
 class EbookPlaceholder{
 	use Traits\Accessor;
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ class EbookPlaceholder{
 	public ?string $Notes = null;
 
 	protected bool $_IsPublicDomain;
+	protected string $_TimeTillIsPublicDomain;
 
 	protected function GetIsPublicDomain(): bool{
 		if(!isset($this->_IsPublicDomain)){
@@ -32,6 +34,30 @@ class EbookPlaceholder{
 		return $this->_IsPublicDomain;
 	}
 
+	protected function GetTimeTillIsPublicDomain(): string{
+		if(!isset($this->_TimeTillIsPublicDomain)){
+			if($this->IsPublicDomain || $this->YearPublished === null){
+				$this->_TimeTillIsPublicDomain = '';
+			}
+			else{
+				$years = (int)($this->YearPublished) + 96 - (int)(NOW->format('Y'));
+				if($years > 1){
+					$this->_TimeTillIsPublicDomain = $years . ' years';
+				}
+				else{
+					$months = 13 - (int)(NOW->format('n'));
+					$this->_TimeTillIsPublicDomain = $months . ' month';
+
+					if($months != 1){
+						$this->_TimeTillIsPublicDomain .= 's';
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return $this->_TimeTillIsPublicDomain;
+	}
+
 	public function FillFromHttpPost(): void{
 		$this->PropertyFromHttp('YearPublished');
 		$this->PropertyFromHttp('IsWanted');
diff --git a/www/ebook-placeholders/get.php b/www/ebook-placeholders/get.php
index 5455bd9c..60db0984 100644
--- a/www/ebook-placeholders/get.php
+++ b/www/ebook-placeholders/get.php
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ catch(Exceptions\EbookNotFoundException){
 				<p>We don’t have this ebook in our catalog yet.</p>
 				<p>You can <a href="/donate#sponsor-an-ebook">sponsor the production of this ebook</a> and we’ll get working on it immediately!</p>
 			<? }elseif($ebook->EbookPlaceholder->YearPublished !== null){ ?>
-				<p>This book was published in <?= $ebook->EbookPlaceholder->YearPublished ?>, and will therefore enter the U.S. public domain on <b>January 1, <?= $ebook->EbookPlaceholder->YearPublished + 96 ?>.</b></p>
+				<p>This book was published in <?= $ebook->EbookPlaceholder->YearPublished ?>, and will therefore enter the U.S. public domain <?= $ebook->EbookPlaceholder->TimeTillIsPublicDomain != '' ? 'in ' .  $ebook->EbookPlaceholder->TimeTillIsPublicDomain : '' ?> on <b>January 1, <?= $ebook->EbookPlaceholder->YearPublished + 96 ?>.</b></p>
 				<p>We can’t work on it any earlier than that.</p>
 			<? }else{ ?>
 				<p>This book is not yet in the U.S. public domain. We can’t offer it until it is.</p>