diff --git a/README b/README
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+++ b/README
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ http://www.cipherdyne.org/fwknop/docs/fwknop-tutorial.html
 LICENSE
 =======
 The fwknop project is released as open source software under the terms of the
-GNU Public License (GPL v2).  The latest release can be found at
+GNU General Public License (GPL v2).  The latest release can be found at
 http://www.cipherdyne.org/fwknop/