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diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index 208c6af5e8..dc554d2c76 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -323,6 +323,12 @@ related to the hardware---e.g., use of different instruction set extensions---or to the operating system kernel---e.g., reliance on @code{uname} or @file{/proc} files. +@item +When writing documentation, please use gender-neutral wording when +referring to people, such as +@uref{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they, singular +``they''@comma{} ``their''@comma{} ``them''}, and so forth. + @end enumerate When posting a patch to the mailing list, use @samp{[PATCH] @dots{}} as |