diff --git a/COPYRIGHT b/LICENSE.md
similarity index 91%
rename from COPYRIGHT
rename to LICENSE.md
index 82821861..55b65673 100644
--- a/COPYRIGHT
+++ b/LICENSE.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-Copyright (c) 1988-1997 Sam Leffler
-Copyright (c) 1991-1997 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
+# LibTIFF license
+
+Copyright © 1988-1997 Sam Leffler\
+Copyright © 1991-1997 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
 
 Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and 
 its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index aaabf4d1..f550e634 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.12 dist-zip foreign
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 
 docfiles = \
-	COPYRIGHT \
 	ChangeLog \
+	LICENSE.md \
 	README.md \
 	RELEASE-DATE \
 	TODO \