diff --git a/src/foreign/README b/src/foreign/README
index afe2292db7..f613717c0b 100644
--- a/src/foreign/README
+++ b/src/foreign/README
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ with extra files that are needed to configure it.  Similarly, The
 `libffi_msvc' directory holds a copy of the libffi version from the
 CTypes project.
 
+Note: libffi is maintained as part of the GCC code repository, but it
+is still distributed under an LGPL-compatible license.  CTypes is
+under the MIT License.
+
 ========== gcc directory =============================================
 
 The directory is synced from the GCC repository, revision 131816.
diff --git a/src/foreign/gcc/README b/src/foreign/gcc/README
index 6fd3c9cb07..6770d98d0e 100644
--- a/src/foreign/gcc/README
+++ b/src/foreign/gcc/README
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 This directory is here only for configuring libffi which is
 distributed as part of GCC.  It contains the minimal set of files that
-make it possible to configure and build libffi.
+make it possible to configure and build libffi, as well as recreate
+its configure script.
 
 See the ../README file for more details.
-
-(Note: libffi is maintained as part of the GCC code repository, but it
-is still distributed under the LGPL.)