diff --git a/bin/verilator b/bin/verilator
index ab3061e22..70bc8aabe 100755
--- a/bin/verilator
+++ b/bin/verilator
@@ -5241,6 +5241,10 @@ redistribute it and/or modify the Verilator internals under the terms of
 either the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 3 or the Perl Artistic
 License Version 2.0.
 
+All Verilog and C++/SystemC code quoted within this documentation file are
+released into the Public Domain.  Many example files and test files are
+likewise released into the Public Domain as described in the files
+themselves.
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO