diff --git a/scp.c b/scp.c
index 70f45e32cd306ca42098b82f3227138fa4f4969b..4f6a579716620f26c06f034f7026ed4ace28ced7 100644
--- a/scp.c
+++ b/scp.c
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+/* Dropbear Note: This file is based on OpenSSH 4.3p2. Avoid unnecessary 
+   changes to simplify future updates */
+
 /*
  * scp - secure remote copy.  This is basically patched BSD rcp which
  * uses ssh to do the data transfer (instead of using rcmd).
diff --git a/scpmisc.c b/scpmisc.c
index ec4df353fd446775de3786444eb3985b9f1cc711..e60cbe8ac6b6bb5ab509afd61d80c44b75618667 100644
--- a/scpmisc.c
+++ b/scpmisc.c
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+/* Dropbear Note: This file is based on OpenSSH 4.3p2. Avoid unnecessary 
+   changes to simplify future updates */
+
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2000 Markus Friedl.  All rights reserved.
  *