diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 4e47b02a28a9..bb1b2712931e 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2016 GitHub Inc.
+Copyright (c) 2013-2016 GitHub Inc.
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
 a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2fdf32950dd8..36897c4bc9d4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@ for a community maintained list of useful example apps, tools and resources.
 
 ## License
 
-© 2016 Github, Inc.
+[MIT](https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/master/LICENSE)
 
-When using the Electron or GitHub logos, be sure to follow the [GitHub logo guidelines](https://github.com/logos).
-
-*Code license:* [MIT](https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/master/LICENSE)
+When using the Electron or other GitHub logos, be sure to follow the [GitHub logo guidelines](https://github.com/logos).