diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 5a46344dfa8..0b82d85f34e 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -39,11 +39,12 @@ Software License 2.0. Using the SPDX format is the simplest approach.
 e.g.
 
 ```
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * (C) Copyright <holder> <year of first update>[, <year of last update>]
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *******************************************************************************/
 /*
-(C) Copyright <holder> <year of first update>[, <year of last update>]
-
-SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-*/
 ```
 
 We have tried to make it as easy as possible to make contributions. This