* CONTRIBUTE: Clarify "co-authored-by". (Bug#20400)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTE b/CONTRIBUTE
index 1e04e3bbac64d5932c6e8328bb13b79a92c8816e..9aa76d541c2b5256d1e451d7b460a010b417ff9d 100644 (file)
--- a/CONTRIBUTE
+++ b/CONTRIBUTE
@@ -76,8 +76,9 @@ messages:
   file first line (starting with the asterisk).  Then there is no
   individual files section.
 
-- If the commit has authors other than yourself, the commit message
-  should contain a separate line like the following:
+- If the commit has more than one author, the commit message should
+  contain a separate line to mention the other authors, like the
+  following:
 
        Co-authored-by: Joe Schmoe <j.schmoe@example.org>