diff --git a/README b/README
index 2e4798f..322eecc 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ Net::LDAP is an LDAP support library written in pure Ruby. It supports all
 LDAP client features, and a subset of server features as well.
 
 Homepage::  http://rubyforge.org/projects/net-ldap/
-Copyright:: 2006 by Francis Cianfrocca
+Copyright:: (C) 2006 by Francis Cianfrocca
 
 Original developer: Francis Cianfrocca
 Contributions by Austin Ziegler gratefully acknowledged.
 
 == LICENCE NOTES
 Please read the file LICENCE for licensing restrictions on this library. In
-it simplest terms, this library is available under the same terms as Ruby
+the simplest terms, this library is available under the same terms as Ruby
 itself.
 
 == Requirements