diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -159,9 +159,9 @@ A generic documentation of the CAN API V3 application programming interface can
 
 ### Dual-License
 
-This work is dual-licensed under the terms of the BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" License
+Except where otherwise noted, this work is dual-licensed under the terms of the BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" License
 and under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3.0 (or any later version).
-You can choose between one of them if you use this work in whole or in part.
+You can choose between one of them if you use these portions of this work in whole or in part.
 
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