diff --git a/etc/images/gnus/gnus.svg b/etc/images/gnus/gnus.svg
index c6f208ec385..da3d413a03d 100644
--- a/etc/images/gnus/gnus.svg
+++ b/etc/images/gnus/gnus.svg
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 
    This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
-   GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
-   any later version.
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
 
    GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@
    GNU General Public License for more details.
 
    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-   along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
-   Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
-   Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+   along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
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diff --git a/etc/images/splash.svg b/etc/images/splash.svg
index 0d96bcfb5ec..353053c2bb0 100644
--- a/etc/images/splash.svg
+++ b/etc/images/splash.svg
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
 
    This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
-   GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
-   any later version.
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
 
    GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@
    GNU General Public License for more details.
 
    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-   along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
-   Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
-   Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+   along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
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