diff --git a/winsup/CYGWIN_LICENSE b/winsup/CYGWIN_LICENSE
index cff69d329..579907e0f 100644
--- a/winsup/CYGWIN_LICENSE
+++ b/winsup/CYGWIN_LICENSE
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
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 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) as published by
-the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
-your option) any later version.
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2, as
+published by the Free Software Foundation.
 
 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of