diff --git a/README b/README
index 9939ff854..101de70d4 100755
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ phpMyAdmin - Readme
                 [check Documentation.txt/.html file for more details]
 
     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-    (at your option) any later version.
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
+    as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 
     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of