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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Checklist:
-- [ ] Meaningful commit message - please not `Update build-constraints.yml`
-- [ ] At least 30 minutes have passed since Hackage upload
-- [ ] On your own machine, in a new directory, you have successfully run the following set of commands (replace `$package` with the name of the package that is submitted, `$version` is the version of the package you want to get into Stackage):
+- [ ] Meaningful commit message, eg `add my-cool-package` (please not mention `build-constraints.yml`)
+- [ ] At least 30 minutes have passed since uploading to Hackage
+- [ ] On your own machine, in a new directory, you have successfully run the following set of commands (replace `$package` with the name of the package that is submitted, and `$version` with the version of the package you want to get into Stackage):
 
       stack unpack $package-$version
       cd $package-$version