diff --git a/NOTICE.txt b/NOTICE.txt
index 5dfe4048..50e18e5e 100644
--- a/NOTICE.txt
+++ b/NOTICE.txt
@@ -4,12 +4,6 @@ Copyright 2005-2016 The Apache Software Foundation
 This product includes software developed at
 The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).
 
-src/main/resources/contract.txt
-This file was downloaded from http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/eqr/soft-tools/sample-csv/contract.txt and contains neither copyright notice nor license.
-
-src/main/resources/transaction.txt
-This file was downloaded from http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/eqr/soft-tools/sample-csv/transaction.txt and contains neither copyright notice nor license.
-
 src/test/resources/CSVFileParser/bom.csv
 src/test/resources/CSVFileParser/test.csv
 src/test/resources/CSVFileParser/test_default.txt
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 21b08477..a9d211b3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ CSV files of various types.
         <!-- Should agree with config in reporting section -->
         <configuration>
           <excludes>
+            <!-- These files are used as test data and test result specifications. -->
             <exclude>src/test/resources/csv-167/sample1.csv</exclude>
             <exclude>src/test/resources/CSVFileParser/bom.csv</exclude>
             <exclude>src/test/resources/CSVFileParser/test.csv</exclude>