diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 617d5054..2c0fe24e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2011-08-23  Joerg Wunsch <j.gnu@uriah.heep.sax.de>
+
+	bug #29585: Fix license
+	* doc/avrdude.texi: Add FDL as an option to the licensing
+	statement, as the savannah administration would like it
+	that way.
+
 2011-08-23  Joerg Wunsch <j.gnu@uriah.heep.sax.de>
 
 	Submitted by Darell Tan:
diff --git a/doc/avrdude.texi b/doc/avrdude.texi
index 2933edbd..399e8ac4 100644
--- a/doc/avrdude.texi
+++ b/doc/avrdude.texi
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual
 into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions,
 except that this permission notice may be stated in a translation approved
 by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+Alternatively, this documentation may be copied and distributed under
+the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License (FDL), version 1.3.
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