diff --git a/examples/tornado/basic.py b/examples/tornado/basic.py
index c1ef8b08..3c4df96a 100644
--- a/examples/tornado/basic.py
+++ b/examples/tornado/basic.py
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -
+#
+# This file is part of gunicorn released under the MIT license. 
+# See the NOTICE for more information.
+#
 
 import tornado.web
 
diff --git a/gunicorn/workers/sync.py b/gunicorn/workers/sync.py
index d144a637..c4c35784 100644
--- a/gunicorn/workers/sync.py
+++ b/gunicorn/workers/sync.py
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -
+#
+# This file is part of gunicorn released under the MIT license. 
+# See the NOTICE for more information.
+#
 
 import errno
 import os