diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 3f8895a78..bf456b921 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env perl
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#
 # (c) 2001, Dave Jones. (the file handling bit)
 # (c) 2005, Joel Schopp <jschopp@austin.ibm.com> (the ugly bit)
 # (c) 2007,2008, Andy Whitcroft <apw@uk.ibm.com> (new conditions, test suite)
 # (c) 2008-2010 Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
-# Licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL License version 2
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;