diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d253eb0f..ca2fae7a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,4 +9,22 @@ A minimal DOM library on top of xml-rs.
 What license is it under?
 -------------------------
 
-LGPLv3.
+LGPLv3 or later. See `COPYING` and `COPYING.LESSER`.
+
+License yadda yadda.
+--------------------
+
+  Copyright 2017, minidom-rs contributors.
+
+  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.