diff --git a/metadata/fields/custom/license.py b/metadata/fields/custom/license.py
index df1a97f324..7ac4fcfb90 100644
--- a/metadata/fields/custom/license.py
+++ b/metadata/fields/custom/license.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class LicenseField(field_types.MetadataField):
                 ])
 
         # Suggest using the standard value delimiter when possible.
-        if (re.search(_PATTERN_VERBOSE_DELIMITER, value)
+        if (len(licenses) > 1 and re.search(_PATTERN_VERBOSE_DELIMITER, value)
                 and self.VALUE_DELIMITER not in value):
             return vr.ValidationWarning(
                 reason=f"Separate licenses using a '{self.VALUE_DELIMITER}'.")
diff --git a/metadata/tests/fields_test.py b/metadata/tests/fields_test.py
index b491b56156..5571cff3a8 100644
--- a/metadata/tests/fields_test.py
+++ b/metadata/tests/fields_test.py
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ class FieldValidationTest(unittest.TestCase):
             valid_values=[
                 "Apache, 2.0 / MIT / MPL 2",
                 "LGPL 2.1",
+                "GPL v2 or later",
+                "LGPL2 with the classpath exception",
                 "Apache, Version 2 and Public domain",
             ],
             error_values=["", "\n", ",", "Apache 2.0 / MIT / "],