From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2024 19:26:36 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: ; Another clarification in CONTRIBUTE.
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; Another clarification in CONTRIBUTE.

(cherry picked from commit d65499e79083fb764517447d4d40ea3222ea2fa2)
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTE b/CONTRIBUTE
index 953b39df13e..0714b94db19 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTE
+++ b/CONTRIBUTE
@@ -213,8 +213,9 @@ formatting them:
   enforced by a commit hook.
 
 - If only a single file is changed, the summary line can be the normal
-  file first line (starting with the asterisk).  Then there will be no
-  individual ChangeLog entries beyond the one in the summary line.
+  first line of a ChangeLog entry (starting with the asterisk).  Then
+  there will be no individual ChangeLog entries beyond the one in the
+  summary line.
 
 - If the commit has more than one author, the commit message should
   contain separate lines to mention the other authors, like the
@@ -245,7 +246,7 @@ formatting them:
 - Explaining the rationale for a design choice is best done in comments
   in the source code.  However, sometimes it is useful to describe just
   the rationale for a change; that can be done in the commit message
-  between the summary line and the file entries.
+  between the summary line and the following ChangeLog entries.
 
 - Emacs follows the GNU coding standards for ChangeLog entries: see
   https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Change-Logs.html or run