diff --git a/COPYRIGHT b/COPYRIGHT
index 711b8f299..4d87adb02 100644
--- a/COPYRIGHT
+++ b/COPYRIGHT
@@ -69,8 +69,9 @@ THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
 OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
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-Pandoc's templates (in `data/templates`) are dual-licensed GPL (v2 or
-higher, same as pandoc) and the BSD 3-clause license.
+Pandoc's templates (in `data/templates`) are dual-licensed as either
+GPL (v2 or higher, same as pandoc) or (at your option) the BSD
+3-clause license.
 
 Copyright (c) 2014--2018, John MacFarlane