diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-cargo.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-cargo.txt
index b78163e6a1..b7fc09acfe 100644
--- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-cargo.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-cargo.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ package. Let's start with an example:
 07: FOO_VERSION = 1.0
 08: FOO_SOURCE = foo-$(FOO_VERSION).tar.gz
 09: FOO_SITE = http://www.foosoftware.org/download
-10: FOO_LICENSE = GPLv3+
+10: FOO_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
 11: FOO_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 12:
 13: FOO_DEPENDENCIES = host-cargo
diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-meson.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-meson.txt
index f3b4b30e48..f8aa08fa91 100644
--- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-meson.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-meson.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ package. Let's start with an example:
 07: FOO_VERSION = 1.0
 08: FOO_SOURCE = foo-$(FOO_VERSION).tar.gz
 09: FOO_SITE = http://www.foosoftware.org/download
-10: FOO_LICENSE = GPLv3+
+10: FOO_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
 11: FOO_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 12: FOO_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 13: