diff --git a/sane-backends.spec b/sane-backends.spec
index d37f5e6..62cd66b 100644
--- a/sane-backends.spec
+++ b/sane-backends.spec
@@ -241,7 +241,14 @@ udevadm hwdb --update >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
 
 %files -f %{name}.lang
 %defattr(-,root,root)
-%doc %{_maindocdir}
+%docdir %{_maindocdir}
+%doc %{_maindocdir}/AUTHORS
+%doc %{_maindocdir}/ChangeLog
+%doc %{_maindocdir}/NEWS
+%doc %{_maindocdir}/PROBLEMS
+%doc %{_maindocdir}/README*
+%license %{_maindocdir}/COPYING
+%license %{_maindocdir}/LICENSE
 %dir /etc/sane.d
 %dir /etc/sane.d/dll.d
 %config(noreplace) /etc/sane.d/*.conf
@@ -285,6 +292,9 @@ udevadm hwdb --update >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
 %{_libdir}/sane/*gphoto2.so*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Oct 07 2016 Nils Philippsen <nils@redhat.com>
+- use %%license for license files
+
 * Thu Feb 04 2016 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.0.25-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_24_Mass_Rebuild