diff --git a/Documentation/process/license-rules.rst b/Documentation/process/license-rules.rst
index 507b695fa9da..2ef44ada3f11 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/license-rules.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/license-rules.rst
@@ -234,13 +234,13 @@ kernel, can be broken down into:
 
 |
 
-2. Not recommended licenses:
+2. Deprecated licenses:
 
    These licenses should only be used for existing code or for importing
    code from a different project.  These licenses are available from the
    directory::
 
-      LICENSES/other/
+      LICENSES/deprecated/
 
    in the kernel source tree.
 
@@ -250,12 +250,12 @@ kernel, can be broken down into:
 
    Examples::
 
-      LICENSES/other/ISC
+      LICENSES/deprecated/ISC
 
    Contains the Internet Systems Consortium license text and the required
    metatags::
 
-      LICENSES/other/GPL-1.0
+      LICENSES/deprecated/GPL-1.0
 
    Contains the GPL version 1 license text and the required metatags.
 
diff --git a/LICENSES/other/GPL-1.0 b/LICENSES/deprecated/GPL-1.0
similarity index 100%
rename from LICENSES/other/GPL-1.0
rename to LICENSES/deprecated/GPL-1.0
diff --git a/LICENSES/other/ISC b/LICENSES/deprecated/ISC
similarity index 100%
rename from LICENSES/other/ISC
rename to LICENSES/deprecated/ISC
diff --git a/LICENSES/other/Linux-OpenIB b/LICENSES/deprecated/Linux-OpenIB
similarity index 100%
rename from LICENSES/other/Linux-OpenIB
rename to LICENSES/deprecated/Linux-OpenIB
diff --git a/LICENSES/other/X11 b/LICENSES/deprecated/X11
similarity index 100%
rename from LICENSES/other/X11
rename to LICENSES/deprecated/X11