diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
deleted file mode 100644
index 0dc461ef12..0000000000
--- a/COPYING
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-Copyright (C) 2011 FURUHASHI Sadayuki
-
-   Licensed 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.
-
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index d645695673..84388e16dc 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
       same "printed page" as the copyright notice for easier
       identification within third-party archives.
 
-   Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]
+   Copyright 2011-2018 Fluentd Authors
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fbbe4e99e9..6320a3a96a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Many enterprises run Fluentd in production to handle all of their logging needs.
 - Slack / Community: https://slack.fluentd.org
 - Newsletters: https://www.fluentd.org/newsletter_signup
 - Author: Sadayuki Furuhashi
-- Copyright: (c) 2011 FURUHASHI Sadayuki
+- Copyright: 2011-2018 Fluentd Authors
 - License: Apache License, Version 2.0
 
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