diff --git a/bip-0003.md b/bip-0003.md
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--- a/bip-0003.md
+++ b/bip-0003.md
@@ -588,7 +588,8 @@ The Superseded-By header is replaced with the Proposed-Replacement header in all
 
 #### Licenses
 
-The licenses of existing BIPs remain untouched.
+Existing BIPs retain their license terms unchanged.
+The License and License-Code headers of BIPs are updated to express those terms using SPDX License Expressions.
 
 ## Copyright