diff --git a/bip-0003.md b/bip-0003.md
index 541ceb55..32dcb801 100644
--- a/bip-0003.md
+++ b/bip-0003.md
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ All licenses not explicitly included in the above lists are not acceptable terms
 However, BIPs predating this proposal were allowed under other terms, and should use these identifiers
 when no other license is granted:
 
-* PD: Released into the public domain
+* LicenseRef-PD: Placed into the public domain
 * OPUBL-1.0: [Open Publication License, version 1.0](http://opencontent.org/openpub/)
 
 ## BIP Editors