diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-encoder.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-encoder.rst
index c3a21bfe0052..fb44f20924de 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-encoder.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-encoder.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,28 @@
-.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+.. This file is dual-licensed: you can use it either under the terms
+.. of the GPL 2.0 or the GFDL 1.1+ license, at your option. Note that this
+.. dual licensing only applies to this file, and not this project as a
+.. whole.
+..
+.. a) This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+..    modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+..    published by the Free Software Foundation version 2 of
+..    the License.
+..
+..    This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+..    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+..    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+..    GNU General Public License for more details.
+..
+.. Or, alternatively,
+..
+.. b) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
+..    document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
+..    Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software
+..    Foundation, with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts
+..    and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included at
+..    Documentation/userspace-api/media/fdl-appendix.rst.
+..
+.. TODO: replace it to GPL-2.0 OR GFDL-1.1-or-later WITH no-invariant-sections
 
 .. _encoder: