diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
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 Unless otherwise stated this repository is copyright © 2017-2019
 Pleroma Authors <https://pleroma.social/>, and is distributed under
 The GNU Affero General Public License Version 3, you should have received a
-copy of the license file in AGPL-3.
+copy of the license file as AGPL-3.
 
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