diff --git a/cmake-format.py b/cmake-format.py
index 2d232d51b..4a0c39230 100644
--- a/cmake-format.py
+++ b/cmake-format.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ with section("markup"):
   # If comment markup is enabled, don't reflow the first comment block in each
   # listfile. Use this to preserve formatting of your copyright/license
   # statements.
-  first_comment_is_literal = False
+  first_comment_is_literal = True
 
   # If comment markup is enabled, don't reflow any comment block which matches
   # this (regex) pattern. Default is `None` (disabled).