diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index a5112079..21cede8c 100644
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
-JACK2 distributed under the following licenses:
-
- - GPL-2
- - LGPL-2.1
- - BSD-3
-
-For each of these licenses see the corresponding files in the toplevel
-source directory.
-
 The programs and libraries are distributed under the GPL-2 and LGPL-2.1
 licenses. Each file should contain a copyright header describing which
 license that applies to it.
 
+List of used licenses:
+
+ - GPL-2 (see file LICENSE.GPL-2)
+ - LGPL-2.1 (see file LICENSE.LGPL-2.1)
+ - BSD-3 (see file LICENSE.BSD-3)
+
 The upstream waf build system, which includes the following files:
  - the toplevel waf script,
  - all files under waflib/
-are distributed under the BSD-3 license. The wscript files are
-distributed under the GPL-2.
+are distributed under the BSD-3 license.
+
+The wscript files are distributed under the GPL-2.