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diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index b0d0043f7c46..a417b25fb1aa 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches | |||
| @@ -363,7 +363,8 @@ area or subsystem of the kernel is being patched. | |||
| 363 | The "summary phrase" in the email's Subject should concisely | 363 | The "summary phrase" in the email's Subject should concisely |
| 364 | describe the patch which that email contains. The "summary | 364 | describe the patch which that email contains. The "summary |
| 365 | phrase" should not be a filename. Do not use the same "summary | 365 | phrase" should not be a filename. Do not use the same "summary |
| 366 | phrase" for every patch in a whole patch series. | 366 | phrase" for every patch in a whole patch series (where a "patch |
| 367 | series" is an ordered sequence of multiple, related patches). | ||
| 367 | 368 | ||
| 368 | Bear in mind that the "summary phrase" of your email becomes | 369 | Bear in mind that the "summary phrase" of your email becomes |
| 369 | a globally-unique identifier for that patch. It propagates | 370 | a globally-unique identifier for that patch. It propagates |