diff --git a/scripts/qapi-commands.py b/scripts/qapi-commands.py
index b12b6964efd545d97a886d222c1d0730e0adde25..38c234766ca7d4444a71a48e0dce289c3bfbcd4c 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi-commands.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi-commands.py
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 #  Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
 #  Michael Roth    <mdroth@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
 #
-# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPLv2.
-# See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
+# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.
+# See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 
 from ordereddict import OrderedDict
 from qapi import *
diff --git a/scripts/qapi-types.py b/scripts/qapi-types.py
index 4a1652b56f3c40e25dce0d7da4ebd334ce80322c..2c6e0dcd5ca9190d31b1d9de64a7d039fe9ffd5c 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi-types.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi-types.py
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 # Authors:
 #  Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
 #
-# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPLv2.
-# See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
+# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.
+# See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 
 from ordereddict import OrderedDict
 from qapi import *
diff --git a/scripts/qapi-visit.py b/scripts/qapi-visit.py
index 65f1a54ee7489f8bfa5ae2ec7a0fef6e6f6a04ca..b2a1c1ca885dfb2988f8bba068683e3dc1398176 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi-visit.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi-visit.py
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 #  Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
 #  Michael Roth    <mdroth@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
 #
-# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPLv2.
-# See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
+# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.
+# See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 
 from ordereddict import OrderedDict
 from qapi import *
diff --git a/scripts/qapi.py b/scripts/qapi.py
index 9b3de4c7c3d2d1a376d6cfe194f6f5b6fbf60433..f3c2a2037a57ad5e55bf51dda84e6dc2605086fc 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi.py
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 #  Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
 #  Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
 #
-# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPLv2.
-# See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
+# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.
+# See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
 
 from ordereddict import OrderedDict
 import sys