diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/shared_snippets/licensing.txt b/docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/shared_snippets/licensing.txt
index 2802c4202e7..d4b3051f984 100644
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/shared_snippets/licensing.txt
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/shared_snippets/licensing.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@
       * All other ``module_utils`` must be licensed under BSD, so GPL-licensed third-party and Galaxy modules can use them.
       * If there's doubt about the appropriate license for a file in ``module_utils``, the Ansible Core Team will decide during an Ansible Core Community Meeting.
    * All other files shipped with Ansible, including all modules, must be licensed under the GPL license (GPLv3 or later).
+   * Existing license requirements still apply to content in ansible/ansible (ansible-core).
+   * Content that was previously in ansible/ansible or a collection and has moved to a new collection must retain the license it had in its prior repository.
+   * Copyright entries by previous committers must also be kept in any moved files.