diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index f55400336c556ab825102762a657985583345002..251da25383db9fd60a36807fb684a609f8671b30 100644
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ The shared library is under the MIT/X11 license:
     SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 Separate helper executables in the helpers/ directory are under various
-licenses including MIT/X11 and GPL-2.0-or-later.
-
+licenses including MIT/X11 and GPL-2.0-or-later. See COPYING.GPL-2 for
+the complete text of the GNU General Public License.