diff --git a/scripts/update_copyright_headers.py b/scripts/update_copyright_headers.py
index 1691b126c..95032f547 100644
--- a/scripts/update_copyright_headers.py
+++ b/scripts/update_copyright_headers.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 
 """
-Script to insert legal header to files across the repo
+Script to insert legal header in files in a folder
 """
 
 import glob
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from typing import List
 from typing import Optional
 
-REPO_ROOT_PATH = "../"
+FOLDER_PATH = "../"
 
 EXCLUDE_DIR_NAMES = [
     "data",
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@
     "__pycache__",
 ]
 
-COPYRIGHT_LINES = [
-    "Copyright (c) Meta Platforms and its affiliates.",
-    "This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the",
-    "LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.",
-]
+# Note: it must not contain blank lines
+COPYRIGHT_TEXT = """
+Copyright (c) Meta Platforms and its affiliates.
+This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+"""
 
 
 class ProcessingError(Exception):
@@ -51,14 +52,17 @@ def _make_copyright_lines(ext: str) -> List[str]:
     Insert copyright as comment lines specific to file extension
     """
     lines = []
+    copyright_lines = COPYRIGHT_TEXT.split("\n")
+    # Copyright notice must not contain blank lines
+    copyright_lines = [line for line in copyright_lines if line]
 
     ext = ext.lstrip(".")
     if ext in ["py", "sh", "yml", "yaml"]:
-        lines = _add_prefix_suffix("# ", COPYRIGHT_LINES)
+        lines = _add_prefix_suffix("# ", copyright_lines)
     elif ext in ["js", "jsx", "ts", "tsx", "css", "scss"]:
-        lines = ["/*"] + _add_prefix_suffix(" * ", COPYRIGHT_LINES) + [" */"]
+        lines = ["/*"] + _add_prefix_suffix(" * ", copyright_lines) + [" */"]
     elif ext in ["md", "html"]:
-        lines = ["<!---"] + _add_prefix_suffix("  ", COPYRIGHT_LINES) + ["-->"]
+        lines = ["<!---"] + _add_prefix_suffix("  ", copyright_lines) + ["-->"]
     else:
         raise UnsupportedFile(f"Unsupported file extension `{ext}`")
 
@@ -80,16 +84,18 @@ def _update_copyright_header(file_path: str, replace_existing: bool = False):
         raise UnsupportedFile("File has fewer than one line")
 
     # Check copyright presence at the top of the file
-    anchor_line_number = -2
+    anchor_line_number = None
+    likelihood_score = 0
     for i, line in enumerate(lines[:EXAMINED_LINES]):
         text = line[:50].lower()
         if "copyright" in text:
-            anchor_line_number = -1
-        if anchor_line_number == -1 and ("meta" in text or "facebook" in text):
+            likelihood_score += 1
+        if "meta" in text or "facebook" in text:
+            likelihood_score += 1
             anchor_line_number = i
 
     new_lines = None
-    if anchor_line_number < 0:
+    if likelihood_score < 2:
         # Insert a new copyright notice
         print("Inserting new notice")
 
@@ -120,7 +126,6 @@ def _update_copyright_header(file_path: str, replace_existing: bool = False):
                     first_line_number = i + 1
                 else:
                     last_line_number = i - 1
-                    break
 
         if last_line_number is None:
             raise ProcessingError(
@@ -128,19 +133,10 @@ def _update_copyright_header(file_path: str, replace_existing: bool = False):
                 "(empty line missing right after?)"
             )
 
-        # Prevent removing code lines that are "glued" to the bottom of a copyright notice
-        had_empty_line_after_comment = True
-        is_comment_last_line = lambda line: bool(set(["/", "#", ">", "*"]) & set(line[:5]))
-        while last_line_number and not is_comment_last_line(lines[last_line_number]):
-            last_line_number -= 1
-            had_empty_line_after_comment = False
-
-        if last_line_number < anchor_line_number:
-            raise ProcessingError("Could not confirm last line of copyright note comment")
-
         # Note that we're also replacing an empty line after copyright notice
         lines_before_copyright = lines[:first_line_number]
-        lines_after_copyright = lines[last_line_number + 1 + had_empty_line_after_comment :]
+        lines_after_copyright = lines[last_line_number + 2 :]
+
         new_lines = (
             lines_before_copyright + _make_copyright_lines(ext) + ["\n"] + lines_after_copyright
         )
@@ -160,8 +156,6 @@ def run(
     :param extension: When specified, we"ll only process files with this extension
     :param replace_existing: When True, we will replace existing copyright notice if found
     """
-    assert "" not in COPYRIGHT_LINES, "Copyright notice must not contain empty lines"
-
     # Filter files with glob
     glob_pattern = start_path.rstrip("/") + "/**"
     if extension:
@@ -201,16 +195,16 @@ def run(
             failed.append(path)
 
     print(
-        f"\nFinished processing. "
+        f"\nProcessed {n_files} files in total. "
         f"Updated {len(updated)}, skipped {len(skipped)}, failed {len(failed)} files."
     )
     if failed:
-        failed_files = "\n\t" + "\n\t".join(failed)
+        failed_files = "\n".join(failed)
         print(f"\nThe following files failed: {failed_files}")
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     run(
-        REPO_ROOT_PATH,
+        FOLDER_PATH,
         replace_existing=True,
     )