diff --git a/README.mkd b/README.mkd
index abc3935..a6e7ec1 100644
--- a/README.mkd
+++ b/README.mkd
@@ -16,3 +16,8 @@ it, features, contact/mailing list info, and so on.
 For convenience, here is a link to the [master table of
 contents](http://sitaramc.github.com/gitolite/master-toc.html), which is very
 useful to search using your browser's search function.
+
+----
+
+License information for code and documentation is at the end of doc/index.mkd
+(or you can read it online [here][license]).
diff --git a/doc/index.mkd b/doc/index.mkd
index bfc8739..4f5212a 100644
--- a/doc/index.mkd
+++ b/doc/index.mkd
@@ -177,9 +177,13 @@ INR.  The hole should not require enabling any of the options listed as having
 a [security impact][rcsecurity] in the rc file, nor obvious things like setting
 the umask too loose, etc.
 
-## contact and license
+## F=license contact and license
 
-Gitolite is released under GPL v2.  See COPYING for details.
+The gitolite software is released under GPL v2.  See COPYING for details.
+
+The gitolite documentation is provided under a [Creative Commons
+Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
+License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/).
 
   * author: sitaramc@gmail.com, sitaram@atc.tcs.com
   * mailing list: gitolite@googlegroups.com