diff --git a/bin/sshyp.py b/bin/sshyp.py
index 1ee56ee..15b4e3b 100755
--- a/bin/sshyp.py
+++ b/bin/sshyp.py
@@ -355,12 +355,11 @@ def print_info():  # prints help text based on argument
         print('\u001b[38;5;7;48;5;8m<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>\u001b[0m\n')
         print('see https://github.com/rwinkhart/sshyp for more information\n')
     elif argument_list[1] == 'license':
-        print('\nThis program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU '
-              'General\nPublic License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,'
-              '\nor (at your option) any later version.\n\nThis program is distributed in the hope that it will be '
-              'useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;\nwithout even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A'
-              ' PARTICULAR PURPOSE.\nSee the GNU General Public License for more details.'
-              '\n\nhttps://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0\n')
+        print('\nThis program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms\nof version 3 '
+              '(only) of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.\n\nThis program '
+              'is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;\nwithout even the implied '
+              'warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.\nSee the GNU General Public License for'
+              ' more details.\n\nhttps://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0\n')
     elif argument_list[1] == 'add':
         print('\n\u001b[1musage:\u001b[0m sshyp add [flag [<entry name>]]\u001b[0m\n')
         print('\u001b[1mflags:\u001b[0m')
diff --git a/package.sh b/package.sh
index def8825..00ae96c 100755
--- a/package.sh
+++ b/package.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pkgrel="$revision"
 pkgdesc='A light-weight, self-hosted, synchronized password manager'
 url='https://github.com/rwinkhart/sshyp'
 arch=('any')
-license=('GPL3')
+license=('GPL-3.0-only')
 depends=(python gnupg openssh xclip wl-clipboard)
 source=(\""$source"\")
 sha512sums=('"$sha512"')
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ pkgdesc='A light-weight, self-hosted, synchronized password manager'
 options=!check
 url='https://github.com/rwinkhart/sshyp'
 arch='noarch'
-license='GPL-3.0-or-later'
+license='GPL-3.0-only'
 depends='python3 gnupg openssh xclip wl-clipboard'
 source=\""$source"\"
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ description		\"sshyp is the only password-store compatible CLI password manager
 packager		\"Randall Winkhart <idgr at tutanota dot com>\"
 vendor			\"Randall Winkhart\"
 licenses {
-	\"GNU GPL v3\"
+	\"GPL-3.0-only\"
 }
 copyrights {
 	\"2021-2022 Randall Winkhart\"
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ Version:        "$version"
 Release:        "$revision"
 Summary:        A light-weight, self-hosted, synchronized password manager
 BuildArch:      noarch
-License:        GPLv3
+License:        GPL-3.0-only
 URL:            https://github.com/rwinkhart/sshyp
 Source0:        sshyp-"$version".tar.xz
 Requires:       python gnupg openssh wl-clipboard
diff --git a/share/licenses/sshyp/license b/share/licenses/sshyp/license
index f136a5f..9f8ca3f 100755
--- a/share/licenses/sshyp/license
+++ b/share/licenses/sshyp/license
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
     Copyright (C) 2022  Randall Winkhart  idgr@tutanota.com
 
     This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-    (at your option) any later version.
+    it under the terms of version 3 (only) of the GNU General Public License
+    as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 
     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
@@ -12,4 +11,4 @@
     GNU General Public License for more details.
 
     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+    along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.