diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
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@@ -24,10 +24,7 @@ right-away for being misfiled.
   code. This is a requirement for all code we merge.
 * Make sure to run "make check" locally, before posting your PR. We use a CI system, meaning we don't even look at your
   PR, if the build and tests don't pass.
-* If you need to update the code in an existing PR, please consider opening a new PR (mentioning in it which old PR it
-  replaces) and closing the old PR. This is much preferable over force-pushing a new patch set into the PR's branch, as
-  commit comments aren't lost that way. That said, we don't follow this rule ourselves quite often, hence this is
-  really just a say as we say, not say as we do...
+* If you need to update the code in an existing PR, force-push into the same branch, overriding old commits with new versions.
 
 ## Final Words