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diff --git a/contrib/tzdata/leapseconds.awk b/contrib/tzdata/leapseconds.awk
index 7d2556bf1ca7..15e85012bf95 100644
--- a/contrib/tzdata/leapseconds.awk
+++ b/contrib/tzdata/leapseconds.awk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generate zic format 'leapseconds' from NIST format 'leap-seconds.list'.
+# Generate zic format 'leapseconds' from NIST/IERS format 'leap-seconds.list'.
# This file is in the public domain.
@@ -21,13 +21,10 @@ BEGIN {
print "# This file is in the public domain."
print ""
print "# This file is generated automatically from the data in the public-domain"
- print "# NIST format leap-seconds.list file, which can be copied from"
- print "# <ftp://ftp.nist.gov/pub/time/leap-seconds.list>"
- print "# or <ftp://ftp.boulder.nist.gov/pub/time/leap-seconds.list>."
- print "# The NIST file is used instead of its IERS upstream counterpart"
+ print "# NIST/IERS format leap-seconds.list file, which can be copied from"
print "# <https://hpiers.obspm.fr/iers/bul/bulc/ntp/leap-seconds.list>"
- print "# because under US law the NIST file is public domain"
- print "# whereas the IERS file's copyright and license status is unclear."
+ print "# or, in a variant with different comments, from"
+ print "# <ftp://ftp.boulder.nist.gov/pub/time/leap-seconds.list>."
print "# For more about leap-seconds.list, please see"
print "# The NTP Timescale and Leap Seconds"
print "# <https://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/leap.html>."