diff --git a/src/test/bin/test-patch.properties b/src/test/bin/test-patch.properties
index 7687eb29f34..acb3997cc0c 100644
--- a/src/test/bin/test-patch.properties
+++ b/src/test/bin/test-patch.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
 OK_RELEASEAUDIT_WARNINGS=1
 OK_FINDBUGS_WARNINGS=0
 OK_JAVADOC_WARNINGS=6
diff --git a/src/test/bin/test-patch.sh b/src/test/bin/test-patch.sh
index 40bc72d1e98..e243551a019 100755
--- a/src/test/bin/test-patch.sh
+++ b/src/test/bin/test-patch.sh
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ checkReleaseAuditWarnings () {
 
     -1 release audit.  The applied patch generated $patchReleaseAuditWarnings release audit warnings (more than the trunk's current $OK_RELEASEAUDIT_WARNINGS warnings)."
         $GREP '\!?????' $PATCH_DIR/patchReleaseAuditWarnings.txt > $PATCH_DIR/patchReleaseAuditProblems.txt
-        echo "Lines that start with ????? in the release audit report indicate files that do not have an Apache license header." > $PATCH_DIR/patchReleaseAuditProblems.txt
+        echo "Lines that start with ????? in the release audit report indicate files that do not have an Apache license header." >> $PATCH_DIR/patchReleaseAuditProblems.txt
         JIRA_COMMENT_FOOTER="Release audit warnings: $BUILD_URL/artifact/trunk/patchprocess/patchReleaseAuditProblems.txt
 $JIRA_COMMENT_FOOTER"
         return 1