diff --git a/modules/database/src/template/top/exampleApp/src/sncExample.stt b/modules/database/src/template/top/exampleApp/src/sncExample.stt
index e5521d9cf..6ecb83ce7 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/template/top/exampleApp/src/sncExample.stt
+++ b/modules/database/src/template/top/exampleApp/src/sncExample.stt
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 1998 Argonne National Laboratory
-//
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: EPICS
-
 program sncExample
 double v;
 assign v to "{user}:aiExample";
@@ -24,3 +20,9 @@ ss ss1 {
         } state low
     }
 }
+
+/*
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 1998 Argonne National Laboratory
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: EPICS
+*/
diff --git a/modules/database/src/template/top/exampleApp/src/sncProgram.st b/modules/database/src/template/top/exampleApp/src/sncProgram.st
index d7cfb4c7d..393d8a6b8 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/template/top/exampleApp/src/sncProgram.st
+++ b/modules/database/src/template/top/exampleApp/src/sncProgram.st
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2004 Argonne National Laboratory
-//
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: EPICS
-
 #include "../sncExample.stt"
+
+/*
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2004 Argonne National Laboratory
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: EPICS
+*/