diff --git a/man7/namespaces.7 b/man7/namespaces.7
index 64913bbb6..5f6d05b04 100644
--- a/man7/namespaces.7
+++ b/man7/namespaces.7
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 .\" Copyright (c) 2013 by Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
 .\" and Copyright (c) 2012 by Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
 .\"
+.\" %%%LICENSE_START(VERBATIM)
 .\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
 .\" manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
 .\" preserved on all copies.
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by
 .\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work.
+.\" %%%LICENSE_END
 .\"
 .\"
 .TH NAMESPACES 7 2013-01-14 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
diff --git a/man7/pid_namespaces.7 b/man7/pid_namespaces.7
index aff872f43..ce6cffa85 100644
--- a/man7/pid_namespaces.7
+++ b/man7/pid_namespaces.7
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 .\" Copyright (c) 2013 by Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
 .\" and Copyright (c) 2012 by Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
 .\"
+.\" %%%LICENSE_START(VERBATIM)
 .\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
 .\" manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
 .\" preserved on all copies.
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by
 .\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work.
+.\" %%%LICENSE_END
 .\"
 .\"
 .TH PID_NAMESPACES 7 2013-01-14 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
diff --git a/man7/user_namespaces.7 b/man7/user_namespaces.7
index 09b52688f..dd4b3b143 100644
--- a/man7/user_namespaces.7
+++ b/man7/user_namespaces.7
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 .\" Copyright (c) 2013, 2014 by Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
 .\" and Copyright (c) 2012, 2014 by Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
 .\"
+.\" %%%LICENSE_START(VERBATIM)
 .\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
 .\" manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
 .\" preserved on all copies.
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by
 .\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work.
+.\" %%%LICENSE_END
 .\"
 .\"
 .TH USER_NAMESPACES 7 2013-01-14 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"