diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index c62f9bcc1ce096981c5df20d6a00f8d807343878..e26164703c34637d8dc89341f6c1cdb2d8953c46 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-The source code in this development is licensed under the terms of the BSD
-license, while the documentation is licensed under the terms of the CC-BY 4.0
-license.  Fur further details, see LICENSE-CODE and LICENSE-DOCS, respectively.
+The source code (i.e., everything except for files in the docs/ folder) in this
+development is licensed under the terms of the BSD license, while the
+documentation (i.e., everything inside the docs/ folder) is licensed under the
+terms of the CC-BY 4.0 license.  Fur further details, see LICENSE-CODE and
+LICENSE-DOCS, respectively.