From 1fe9db3c307a98034a3a12ac57979d7edf07cebc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maxime Coste <mawww@kakoune.org>
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 15:01:47 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] CONTRIBUTING: document explicitely that 'John Doe' is a
 placeholder

---
 CONTRIBUTING | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING b/CONTRIBUTING
index df1ebc68..a1543586 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ The preferred way to contribute would be through github pull requests,
 as an alternative patches can be discussed on the irc channel.
 
 When contributing your first changes, please include an empty commit for
-copyright waiver using the following message:
+copyright waiver using the following message (replace 'John Doe' with
+your name or nickname):
 
   John Doe Copyright Waiver