diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5d12986..65e8c20 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -371,7 +371,9 @@ npm install xterm
 npm install --save xterm-addon-search
 ```
 
-## License
+## Copyright notice and license
+Copyright © 2017-2022 Marius Kittler
+
 All code is licensed under [GPL-2-or-later](LICENSE). This does *not* apply to
 code contained in Git repositories included as Git submodule (which contain
 their own README and licensing information).