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This avoids ambiguity in the guidance. Signed-off-by: John Ashrith --- v4: - Add changelog text to the commit message - Ensure patch is sent as text/plain without mail client mangling - Place version notes below the --- line Documentation/process/howto.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/process/howto.rst b/Documentation/process/howto.rst index 9438e03d6..5a29111d6 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/howto.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/howto.rst @@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ interacting with the list (or any list): If multiple people respond to your mail, the CC: list of recipients may get pretty large. Don't remove anybody from the CC: list without a good -reason, or don't reply only to the list address. Get used to receiving the +reason, and don't reply only to the list address. Get used to receiving the mail twice, one from the sender and the one from the list, and don't try to tune that by adding fancy mail-headers, people will not like it. -- 2.43.0