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 # Contributing guidelines
 
-Do not open pull requests directly against this repository. They will be ignored. Instead, please open pull requests against [kubernetes/kubernetes](https://git.k8s.io/kubernetes/). 
-The exception is changes to the `README.md` itself. 
-Please follow the same [contributing guide](https://git.k8s.io/kubernetes/CONTRIBUTING.md) you would follow for any other pull request made to kubernetes/kubernetes.
+Do not open pull requests directly against this repository, they will be ignored. Instead, please open pull requests against [kubernetes/kubernetes](https://git.k8s.io/kubernetes/).  Please follow the same [contributing guide](https://git.k8s.io/kubernetes/CONTRIBUTING.md) you would follow for any other pull request made to kubernetes/kubernetes.
 
 This repository is published from [kubernetes/kubernetes/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go](https://git.k8s.io/kubernetes/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go) by the [kubernetes publishing-bot](https://git.k8s.io/publishing-bot).