diff --git a/gpg2.changes b/gpg2.changes
index b5e4a48..c9cab4b 100644
--- a/gpg2.changes
+++ b/gpg2.changes
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ Sun Feb 25 12:14:54 UTC 2018 - astieger@suse.com
     resolving
   * wks: Implement command --install-key for gpg-wks-server.
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb 22 15:10:33 UTC 2018 - fvogt@suse.com
+
+- Use %license (boo#1082318)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Dec 21 09:44:03 UTC 2017 - astieger@suse.com
 
diff --git a/gpg2.spec b/gpg2.spec
index 4184037..3147026 100644
--- a/gpg2.spec
+++ b/gpg2.spec
@@ -125,8 +125,6 @@ ln -sf gpg2.1 %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/gpg.1
 ln -sf gpgv2.1 %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/gpgv.1
 # fix rpmlint invalid-lc-messages-dir:
 rm -rf %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/locale/en@{bold,}quot
-# additional files to documentation directory
-install -m 644 AUTHORS COPYING* ChangeLog NEWS THANKS TODO doc/FAQ %{buildroot}/%{_docdir}/%{name}
 # install scdaemon to %{_bindir} (bnc#863645)
 mv %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/scdaemon %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
 mv %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/dirmngr_ldap %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
@@ -154,6 +152,8 @@ install -m 755 tools/gpg-zip %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}
 %files
 %{_infodir}/gnupg*
 %{_mandir}/*/*%{ext_man}
+%license COPYING*
+%doc AUTHORS ChangeLog NEWS THANKS TODO doc/FAQ
 %doc %{_docdir}/%{name}
 %{_bindir}/*
 %{_libdir}/[^d]*