diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainers.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainers.rst
index 6174cfb4138f..5d1b1464c3ae 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/maintainers.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/maintainers.rst
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
 .. maintainers-include::