diff --git a/TEMPLATE.SOURCECODE.HEADER b/TEMPLATE.SOURCECODE.HEADER
index 1f03059360b1..b57dadb4b0de 100644
--- a/TEMPLATE.SOURCECODE.HEADER
+++ b/TEMPLATE.SOURCECODE.HEADER
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ For XML / .component:
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-In published API header files:
+In published API header files, the following notice should be appended after the license header:
 
 /*
  * This file is part of LibreOffice project published API