diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 1167dd94d84b..bd6dd782e8ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
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 Overview of the Linux Virtual File System
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@@ -7,8 +9,6 @@ Overview of the Linux Virtual File System
   Copyright (C) 1999 Richard Gooch
   Copyright (C) 2005 Pekka Enberg
 
-  This file is released under the GPLv2.
-
 
 Introduction
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