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index 610174fc9fc..8510ce4ff97 100644
--- a/share/examples/mdoc/POSIX-copyright
+++ b/share/examples/mdoc/POSIX-copyright
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+.\"
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD
+.\"
 .\" Copyright (c) [year] [your name]
 .\"
 .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/share/examples/mdoc/example.1 b/share/examples/mdoc/example.1
index b93859ce478..a3b89d4e636 100644
--- a/share/examples/mdoc/example.1
+++ b/share/examples/mdoc/example.1
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+.\"
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD
+.\"
 .\" Copyright (c) [year] [your name]
 .\"
 .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/share/examples/mdoc/example.3 b/share/examples/mdoc/example.3
index 93b511edf1b..78242e0f8e4 100644
--- a/share/examples/mdoc/example.3
+++ b/share/examples/mdoc/example.3
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+.\"
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD
+.\"
 .\" Copyright (c) [year] [your name]
 .\"
 .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/share/examples/mdoc/example.4 b/share/examples/mdoc/example.4
index cb63564dc0e..d5e56c98a42 100644
--- a/share/examples/mdoc/example.4
+++ b/share/examples/mdoc/example.4
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+.\"
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD
+.\"
 .\" Copyright (c) [year] [your name]
 .\"
 .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/share/examples/mdoc/example.9 b/share/examples/mdoc/example.9
index 86f65b53fba..42eaa9791ba 100644
--- a/share/examples/mdoc/example.9
+++ b/share/examples/mdoc/example.9
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+.\"
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD
+.\"
 .\" Copyright (c) [year] [your name]
 .\"
 .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without