diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 9fc904615..7662d3d1b 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 rticles 0.19
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-- Update Copernicus Publications template to version 6.2 from 2021-01-15. (thanks, @RLumSK, #366)
+- Update Copernicus Publications template to version 6.2 from 2021-01-15 (thanks, @RLumSK, #366).
 
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-- `springer_article()` now uses the yaml variable biblio-style to set bibliogrphy style
+- `springer_article()` now uses the yaml variable biblio-style to set bibliography style
 instead of bibstyle. (@eliocamp, #358)
 
 - Fixes a bug when rendering `arxiv_article()` with recent version of TeX Live by adding `\usepackage{lmodern}` to the template. (#thanks, @slemonide, #343)
diff --git a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/copernicus/resources/template.tex b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/copernicus/resources/template.tex
index ba0a3c63e..4f0745dc2 100644
--- a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/copernicus/resources/template.tex
+++ b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/copernicus/resources/template.tex
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@
 
 $body$
 
-
 $if(availability.code)$
 \codeavailability{$availability.code$} %% use this section when having only software code available
 $endif$
diff --git a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/copernicus/skeleton/skeleton.Rmd b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/copernicus/skeleton/skeleton.Rmd
index 810162c8b..e5729f032 100644
--- a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/copernicus/skeleton/skeleton.Rmd
+++ b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/copernicus/skeleton/skeleton.Rmd
@@ -48,11 +48,13 @@ competinginterests: |
   The authors declare no competing interests.
 # OPTIONAL:
 algorithms: true
-# See https://publications.copernicus.org/for_authors/licence_and_copyright.html, normally used for transferring the copyright, if needed.
+# See https://publications.copernicus.org/for_authors/licence_and_copyright.html, normally used for transferring the copyright, if needed. 
+# Note: additional copyright statements for affiliated software or data need to be placed in the data availability section. 
 copyrightstatement: |
-  The author's copyright for this publication is transferred to institution/company.
+  The author's copyright for this publication is transferred to institution/company. 
 ### The following commands are for the statements about the availability of data sets and/or software code corresponding to the manuscript.
 ### It is strongly recommended to make use of these sections in case data sets and/or software code have been part of your research the article is based on.
+### Note: unless stated otherwise, software and data affiliated with the manuscript are assumed to be published under the same licence as the article (currently Creative Commons 4.0)
 availability:
   #code: |
   #  use this to add a statement when having only software code available