diff --git a/COPYRIGHT b/COPYRIGHT
index a6be75b5e310a..82703b18fd7d2 100644
--- a/COPYRIGHT
+++ b/COPYRIGHT
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// REUSE-IgnoreStart
+
 Copyright 2014-2022 The Rust Project Developers
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
@@ -5,3 +7,5 @@ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
 <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
 option. All files in the project carrying such notice may not be
 copied, modified, or distributed except according to those terms.
+
+// REUSE-IgnoreEnd
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3e7379ace7ea5..b69ed8900a491 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -275,6 +275,8 @@ If you want to contribute to Clippy, you can find more information in [CONTRIBUT
 
 ## License
 
+<!-- REUSE-IgnoreStart -->
+
 Copyright 2014-2022 The Rust Project Developers
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
@@ -282,3 +284,5 @@ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
 <LICENSE-MIT or [https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)>, at your
 option. Files in the project may not be
 copied, modified, or distributed except according to those terms.
+
+<!-- REUSE-IgnoreEnd -->
diff --git a/rustc_tools_util/README.md b/rustc_tools_util/README.md
index eefc661f96352..e197ea048a0af 100644
--- a/rustc_tools_util/README.md
+++ b/rustc_tools_util/README.md
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ The changelog for `rustc_tools_util` is available under:
 
 ## License
 
+<!-- REUSE-IgnoreStart -->
+
 Copyright 2014-2022 The Rust Project Developers
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
@@ -56,3 +58,5 @@ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
 <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
 option. All files in the project carrying such notice may not be
 copied, modified, or distributed except according to those terms.
+
+<!-- REUSE-IgnoreEnd -->