diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index e35b56592..4aaaf7b8c 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,4 +1,19 @@
-# submarine dic
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Exclude submarine folders
 LICENSE
 LICENSE-binary
 NOTICE
@@ -37,7 +52,7 @@ website/
 # Allow files in pysubmarine
 !dev-support/docker-images/**
 
-# ignore python Distribution / packaging
+# Ignore python Distribution / packaging
 .Python
 **/venv/
 **/env/