diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-10-20  Carlos O'Donell  <carlos@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* README: Define copyright year range notation.
+
 2011-10-20  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@redhat.com>
 
 	[BZ #12892]
diff --git a/README b/README
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--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -94,4 +94,7 @@ This web page gives detailed information on how to report bugs properly.
 
 The GNU C Library is free software.  See the file COPYING.LIB for copying
 conditions, and LICENSES for notices about a few contributions that require
-these additional notices to be distributed.
+these additional notices to be distributed.  License copyright years may be
+listed using range notation, e.g., 2000-2011, indicating that every year in
+the range, inclusive, is a copyrightable year that would otherwise be listed
+individually.