diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index aff8abbc9..92f44cb96 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ Security related bug reports: <security@gnupg.org>
 License: GPLv3+
 
 
-Authors
-=======
+Authors with a FSF copyright assignment
+=======================================
 
 Ales Nyakhaychyk <nyakhaychyk@i1fn.linux.by> Translations [be]
 
@@ -125,11 +125,19 @@ Yosiaki IIDA <iida@ring.gr.jp> Translations [ja]
 Yuri Chornoivan, yurchor at ukr dot net: Translations [uk]
 
 
+Authors with a DCO
+==================
+
+The list of authors who signed the Developer's Certificate of Origin
+is kept in the GIT master branch's copy of this file.
+
+
 Other authors
 =============
 
-The need for copyright disclaimers for translations has been waived in
-December 2012.
+The need for copyright assignments to the FSF has been waived on
+2013-03-29; the need for copyright disclaimers for translations
+already in December 2012.
 
 The files common/libestream.[ch] are maintained as a separate project
 by g10 Code GmbH.  These files, as used here, are considered part of
diff --git a/doc/HACKING b/doc/HACKING
index e27bc075c..e1b83b739 100644
--- a/doc/HACKING
+++ b/doc/HACKING
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 		   ================================
 		   (Some notes on GNUPG internals.)
 
+      ************************************************************
+      *** Please see the file HACKING in the GIT master branch ***
+      ***            for up-to-date information.               ***
+      ************************************************************
+
 
 * No more ChangeLog files
 
@@ -26,6 +31,7 @@ ChangeLog lines, each with its leading TAB, will not exceed 80 columns.
 
 
 
+
 ===> What follows is probably out of date <===