diff --git a/lib/php/README b/lib/php/README
index 76479b3..bb566f4 100644
--- a/lib/php/README
+++ b/lib/php/README
@@ -1,7 +1,24 @@
 Thrift PHP Software Library
 
-Thrift is distributed under the Thrift open source software license.
-Please see the included LICENSE file.
+License
+=======
+
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
 
 Using Thrift with PHP
 =====================
diff --git a/lib/php/README.apache b/lib/php/README.apache
index 501343d..8c41833 100644
--- a/lib/php/README.apache
+++ b/lib/php/README.apache
@@ -1,7 +1,24 @@
 Thrift PHP/Apache Integration
 
-Thrift is distributed under the Thrift open source software license.
-Please see the included LICENSE file.
+License
+=======
+
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
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 Building PHP Thrift Services with Apache
 ========================================