diff --git a/client/mysqlbinlog.cc b/client/mysqlbinlog.cc
index 0f97a4c8dc3..db48675ade2 100644
--- a/client/mysqlbinlog.cc
+++ b/client/mysqlbinlog.cc
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "mysql_priv.h" 
 #include "log_event.h"
 #include "sql_common.h"
+#include <welcome_copyright_notice.h> // ORACLE_WELCOME_COPYRIGHT_NOTICE
 
 #define BIN_LOG_HEADER_SIZE	4
 #define PROBE_HEADER_LEN	(EVENT_LEN_OFFSET+4)
@@ -1249,10 +1250,7 @@ static void print_version()
 static void usage()
 {
   print_version();
-  puts("By Monty and Sasha, for your professional use\n\
-This software comes with NO WARRANTY:  This is free software,\n\
-and you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the GPL license.\n");
-
+  puts(ORACLE_WELCOME_COPYRIGHT_NOTICE("2000, 2011"));
   printf("\
 Dumps a MySQL binary log in a format usable for viewing or for piping to\n\
 the mysql command line client.\n\n");
diff --git a/include/welcome_copyright_notice.h b/include/welcome_copyright_notice.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5a96da4ceb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/welcome_copyright_notice.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+   Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301  USA */
+
+#ifndef _welcome_copyright_notice_h_
+#define _welcome_copyright_notice_h_
+
+/*
+  This define specifies copyright notice which is displayed by every MySQL
+  program on start, or on help screen.
+*/
+
+#define ORACLE_WELCOME_COPYRIGHT_NOTICE(years) \
+  "Copyright (c) " years ", Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.\n" \
+  "\n" \
+  "Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its\n" \
+  "affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective\n" \
+  "owners.\n"
+
+#endif /* _welcome_copyright_notice_h_ */