diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 988c78985fac147d15f5909b135a2e3d07e3f468..12693432eb239c3273c8f210f1f8481ee64fb2ed 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -16,12 +16,8 @@ Description: Collection of functions to help retrieve U.S. Geological Survey
     http://waterservices.usgs.gov/ Both EPA and USGS water quality data are
     obtained from the Water Quality Portal found here:
     http://www.waterqualitydata.us/portal.jsp
-License: Unlimited | file LICENSE
-Copyright: This software is in the public domain because it contains materials
-    that originally came from the United States Geological Survey, an agency of
-    the United States Department of Interior. For more information, see the
-    official USGS copyright policy at
-    http://www.usgs.gov/visual-id/credit_usgs.html#copyright
+License: CC0
+Copyright: 
 Depends:
     R (>= 3.0)
 Imports:
@@ -39,4 +35,5 @@ LazyLoad: yes
 LazyData: yes
 VignetteBuilder: knitr
 BuildVignettes: true
-URL: https://github.com/USGS-R/dataRetrieval
+URL: https://github.com/USGS-R/dataRetrieval, http://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/04/a10/
+Copyright: This software is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the United States Geological Survey, an agency of the United States Department of Interior. For more information, see the official USGS copyright policy at http://www.usgs.gov/visual-id/credit_usgs.html#copyright
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE.note
similarity index 100%
rename from LICENSE
rename to LICENSE.note