diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 87bf52a..5cef942 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 gcp
 ===
 
-gcp (Goffi's cp) is a file copier.
+gcp is a user-friendly file copier written in Python. Its name used to stand
+for "Goffi's CoPier", but was changed into a recursive acronym: Gcp CoPier.
 
 
 License
@@ -145,9 +146,9 @@ Big thanks to contributors and package maintainers.
 Contributors
 ============
 
-* Original author: Jérôme Poisson aka Goffi <goffi@goffi.org> 2010-2011.
+* Original author: Jérôme Poisson a.k.a. Goffi <goffi@goffi.org> 2010-2011.
 * Thomas Preud'homme <robotux@celest.fr> 2011: manpage, stat resolution fix.
-* Jingbei Li aka petronny 2016: conversion to Python3.
+* Jingbei Li a.k.a. petronny 2016: conversion to Python3.
 * Matteo Cypriani <mcy@lm7.fr> 2018: `--fs-fix` option, Python3 fixes.
 
 
diff --git a/gcp b/gcp
index 86bde22..eb66114 100755
--- a/gcp
+++ b/gcp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 """
-gcp: Goffi's CoPier
+gcp: Gcp CoPier
 Copyright (c) 2010, 2011  Jérôme Poisson <goffi@goffi.org>
           (c) 2011        Thomas Preud'homme <robotux@celest.fr>
           (c) 2016        Jingbei Li <i@jingbei.li>
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ except ImportError as e:
     info (_('Progress bar deactivated\n--\n'))
     pbar_available=False
 
-NAME = "gcp (Goffi's copier)"
+NAME = "gcp (Gcp CoPier)"
 NAME_SHORT = "gcp"
 VERSION = '0.2.0'
 
diff --git a/test/test_gcp.py b/test/test_gcp.py
index 0109653..6acaa5b 100755
--- a/test/test_gcp.py
+++ b/test/test_gcp.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 """
-gcp: Goffi's CoPier -- unit tests
+gcp: Gcp CoPier -- unit tests
 Copyright (c) 2010, 2011  Jérôme Poisson <goffi@goffi.org>
 Copyright (c) 2018        Matteo Cypriani <mcy@lm7.fr>