diff --git a/weechat.changes b/weechat.changes
index 69b0e4c..9660de6 100644
--- a/weechat.changes
+++ b/weechat.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Dec  9 13:40:36 UTC 2011 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- the COPYING says GPL-3.0+
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Oct 23 08:07:47 UTC 2011 - gber@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/weechat.spec b/weechat.spec
index b7982cd..0cc1a76 100644
--- a/weechat.spec
+++ b/weechat.spec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Source1:        weechat.desktop
 Patch1:         weechat-0.3.3-fix-strftime.patch
 URL:            http://www.weechat.org
 Group:          Productivity/Networking/IRC
-License:        GNU General Public License (GPL)
+License:        GPL-3.0+
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/build-%{name}-%{version}
 BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel perl python-devel cmake
 BuildRequires:  ruby gcc gnutls gnutls-devel glibc-devel aspell-devel