diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index 90f44901b6..50dcc09e32 100644
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Please see COPYRIGHT and OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE for the copyright
-and license details.
+The library is distributed under the terms of the CDDL.
+See the file OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE for more information.