diff --git a/COPYRIGHT b/COPYRIGHT
index f1dce1ea2871..bcee8fd773be 100644
--- a/COPYRIGHT
+++ b/COPYRIGHT
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 The compilation of software known as FreeBSD is distributed under the
 following terms:
 
-Copyright (c) 1992-2018 The FreeBSD Project. All rights reserved.
+Copyright (c) 1992-2018 The FreeBSD Project.
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
diff --git a/share/examples/drivers/make_device_driver.sh b/share/examples/drivers/make_device_driver.sh
index 4796a0c6bce4..baec33b6b2a1 100755
--- a/share/examples/drivers/make_device_driver.sh
+++ b/share/examples/drivers/make_device_driver.sh
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ fi
 cat >${TOP}/dev/${1}/${1}.c <<DONE
 /*
  * Copyright (c) [year] [your name]
- * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
  * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
diff --git a/share/examples/drivers/make_pseudo_driver.sh b/share/examples/drivers/make_pseudo_driver.sh
index ef2ad818ec43..1b97c03015a9 100644
--- a/share/examples/drivers/make_pseudo_driver.sh
+++ b/share/examples/drivers/make_pseudo_driver.sh
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ fi
 cat >${TOP}/dev/${1}/${1}.c <<DONE
 /*
  * Copyright (c) [year] [your name]
- * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
  * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
diff --git a/share/examples/etc/bsd-style-copyright b/share/examples/etc/bsd-style-copyright
index 8f8032c629e9..5822943b54eb 100644
--- a/share/examples/etc/bsd-style-copyright
+++ b/share/examples/etc/bsd-style-copyright
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
  *
  * Copyright (c) [year] [your name]
- * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
  * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
diff --git a/share/examples/mdoc/POSIX-copyright b/share/examples/mdoc/POSIX-copyright
index d1bea592679b..610174fc9fc9 100644
--- a/share/examples/mdoc/POSIX-copyright
+++ b/share/examples/mdoc/POSIX-copyright
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 .\" Copyright (c) [year] [your name]
-.\" All rights reserved.
 .\"
 .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
diff --git a/share/examples/mdoc/example.1 b/share/examples/mdoc/example.1
index dde029ec4a92..b93859ce4781 100644
--- a/share/examples/mdoc/example.1
+++ b/share/examples/mdoc/example.1
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 .\" Copyright (c) [year] [your name]
-.\" All rights reserved.
 .\"
 .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
diff --git a/share/examples/mdoc/example.3 b/share/examples/mdoc/example.3
index fc3b0fd2ba69..93b511edf1b8 100644
--- a/share/examples/mdoc/example.3
+++ b/share/examples/mdoc/example.3
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 .\" Copyright (c) [year] [your name]
-.\" All rights reserved.
 .\"
 .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
diff --git a/share/examples/mdoc/example.4 b/share/examples/mdoc/example.4
index 946dd3a9ed15..cb63564dc0eb 100644
--- a/share/examples/mdoc/example.4
+++ b/share/examples/mdoc/example.4
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 .\" Copyright (c) [year] [your name]
-.\" All rights reserved.
 .\"
 .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
diff --git a/share/examples/mdoc/example.9 b/share/examples/mdoc/example.9
index 97b57ffbc18f..86f65b53fba2 100644
--- a/share/examples/mdoc/example.9
+++ b/share/examples/mdoc/example.9
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 .\" Copyright (c) [year] [your name]
-.\" All rights reserved.
 .\"
 .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions