diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0d5bbfb1..5eb21671 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Many of the most widely used Go projects are built using Cobra including:
 
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/spf13/cobra.svg "Travis CI status")](https://travis-ci.org/spf13/cobra)
 [![CircleCI status](https://circleci.com/gh/spf13/cobra.png?circle-token=:circle-token "CircleCI status")](https://circleci.com/gh/spf13/cobra)
-[![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/spf13/cobra?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/github.com/spf13/cobra) 
+[![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/spf13/cobra?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/github.com/spf13/cobra)
 
 ![cobra](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/173412/10911369/84832a8e-8212-11e5-9f82-cc96660a4794.gif)
 
@@ -257,9 +257,12 @@ license:
 
     This is my license. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
     My license is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must
-    master my life.  
+    master my life.
 ```
 
+You can also use built-in licenses. For example, **GPLv2**, **GPLv3**, **LGPL**,
+**AGPL**, **MIT**, **2-Clause BSD** or **3-Clause BSD**.
+
 ## Manually implementing Cobra
 
 To manually implement cobra you need to create a bare main.go file and a RootCmd file.
diff --git a/cobra/cmd/license_gpl_2.go b/cobra/cmd/license_gpl_2.go
index b361dd73..1105e35e 100644
--- a/cobra/cmd/license_gpl_2.go
+++ b/cobra/cmd/license_gpl_2.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ package cmd
 func initGpl2() {
 	Licenses["gpl2"] = License{
 		Name:            "GNU General Public License 2.0",
-		PossibleMatches: []string{"gpl2", "gnu gpl2"},
+		PossibleMatches: []string{"gpl2", "gnu gpl2", "gplv2"},
 		Header: `{{ .copyright }}
 
  {{ .appName }} is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
diff --git a/cobra/cmd/license_gpl_3.go b/cobra/cmd/license_gpl_3.go
index 1e62945d..009df9ff 100644
--- a/cobra/cmd/license_gpl_3.go
+++ b/cobra/cmd/license_gpl_3.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ package cmd
 func initGpl3() {
 	Licenses["gpl3"] = License{
 		Name:            "GNU General Public License 3.0",
-		PossibleMatches: []string{"gpl3", "gpl", "gnu gpl3", "gnu gpl"},
+		PossibleMatches: []string{"gpl3", "gplv3", "gpl", "gnu gpl3", "gnu gpl"},
 		Header: `
 This file is part of {{ .appName }}.