diff --git a/man1/time.1 b/man1/time.1
index 18ea8f43d..752ac5825 100644
--- a/man1/time.1
+++ b/man1/time.1
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 .\" Copyright Andries Brouwer, 2000
 .\"
+.\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPL_NOVERSION_ONELINE)
 .\" This page is distributed under GPL.
+.\" %%%LICENSE_END
 .\" Some fragments of text came from the time-1.7 info file.
 .\" Inspired by kromJx@crosswinds.net.
 .\"
diff --git a/man2/capget.2 b/man2/capget.2
index 89bd106e4..d28cf3ce8 100644
--- a/man2/capget.2
+++ b/man2/capget.2
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 .\" written by Andrew Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>
+.\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPL_NOVERSION_ONELINE)
 .\" may be distributed as per GPL
+.\" %%%LICENSE_END
 .\" Modified by David A. Wheeler <dwheeler@ida.org>
 .\" Modified 2004-05-27, mtk
 .\" Modified 2004-06-21, aeb
diff --git a/man2/pivot_root.2 b/man2/pivot_root.2
index 1c1cc8d36..19ec45e92 100644
--- a/man2/pivot_root.2
+++ b/man2/pivot_root.2
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 .\" Copyright (C) 2000 by Werner Almesberger
+.\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPL_NOVERSION_ONELINE)
 .\" May be distributed under GPL
+.\" %%%LICENSE_END
 .\"
 .\" Written 2000-02-23 by Werner Almesberger
 .\" Modified 2004-06-17 Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
diff --git a/man2/unshare.2 b/man2/unshare.2
index d23f6cf11..ecbb72cdc 100644
--- a/man2/unshare.2
+++ b/man2/unshare.2
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 .\" Copyright (C) 2006, Janak Desai <janak@us.ibm.com>
 .\" and Copyright (C) 2006, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
+.\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPL_NOVERSION_ONELINE)
 .\" Licensed under the GPL
+.\" %%%LICENSE_END
 .\"
 .\" Patch Justification:
 .\" unshare system call is needed to implement, using PAM,
diff --git a/man3/des_crypt.3 b/man3/des_crypt.3
index c4af8bd18..2b31dfdae 100644
--- a/man3/des_crypt.3
+++ b/man3/des_crypt.3
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 .\"
 .\" Taken from libc4 sources, which say:
 .\" Copyright (C) 1993 Eric Young - can be distributed under GPL.
+.\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPL_NOVERSION_ONELINE)
+.\" can be distributed under GPL.
+.\" %%%LICENSE_END
 .\"
 .\" However, the above header line suggests that this file in fact is
 .\" Copyright Sun Microsystems, Inc (and is provided for unrestricted use,
diff --git a/man3/netlink.3 b/man3/netlink.3
index b864d6822..8946d449b 100644
--- a/man3/netlink.3
+++ b/man3/netlink.3
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 .\" This manpage copyright 1998 by Andi Kleen.
+.\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPL_NOVERSION_ONELINE)
 .\" Subject to the GPL.
+.\" %%%LICENSE_END
 .\" Based on the original comments from Alexey Kuznetsov
 .\" $Id: netlink.3,v 1.1 1999/05/14 17:17:24 freitag Exp $
 .TH NETLINK 3 2012-08-05 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
diff --git a/man4/wavelan.4 b/man4/wavelan.4
index a8dc8cd4b..77c04eecc 100644
--- a/man4/wavelan.4
+++ b/man4/wavelan.4
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 .\" wavelan.c.4
 .\"
 .\" Provenance of this page is unclear.
+.\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPL_NOVERSION_ONELINE)
 .\" Licensed under the GPL,
+.\" %%%LICENSE_END
 .\" after inquiries with Jean Tourrilhes and Bruce Janson
 .\" (mtk, July 2006)
 .\"
diff --git a/man7/boot.7 b/man7/boot.7
index 811af3dc7..5a788f4ad 100644
--- a/man7/boot.7
+++ b/man7/boot.7
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 .\" Written by Oron Peled <oron@actcom.co.il>.
+.\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPL_NOVERSION_ONELINE)
 .\" May be distributed subject to the GPL.
+.\" %%%LICENSE_END
 .\"
 .\" I tried to be as much generic in the description as possible:
 .\" - General boot sequence is applicable to almost any
diff --git a/man7/netlink.7 b/man7/netlink.7
index ffed04baa..ed7249b77 100644
--- a/man7/netlink.7
+++ b/man7/netlink.7
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 '\" t
 .\" Don't change the first line, it tells man that tbl is needed.
 .\" This man page is Copyright (c) 1998 by Andi Kleen.
+.\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPL_NOVERSION_ONELINE)
 .\" Subject to the GPL.
+.\" %%%LICENSE_END
 .\" Based on the original comments from Alexey Kuznetsov
 .\" Modified 2005-12-27 by Hasso Tepper <hasso@estpak.ee>
 .\" $Id: netlink.7,v 1.8 2000/06/22 13:23:00 ak Exp $