diff --git a/opal/mca/timer/configure.m4 b/opal/mca/timer/configure.m4
index 1562857ce0..567f994af2 100644
--- a/opal/mca/timer/configure.m4
+++ b/opal/mca/timer/configure.m4
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+dnl -*- shell-script -*-
+dnl
+dnl Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Trustees of Indiana University.
+dnl                         All rights reserved.
+dnl Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Trustees of the University of Tennessee.
+dnl                         All rights reserved.
+dnl Copyright (c) 2004-2005 High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart, 
+dnl                         University of Stuttgart.  All rights reserved.
+dnl Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
+dnl                         All rights reserved.
+dnl $COPYRIGHT$
+dnl 
+dnl Additional copyrights may follow
+dnl 
+dnl $HEADER$
+dnl
+
+dnl we only want one :)
 m4_define(MCA_timer_CONFIGURE_MODE, STOP_AT_FIRST)
 
 AC_DEFUN([MCA_timer_CONFIG],[