From 8417405064463818a62389554ce3000a77d24b74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Flavio Curella <89607+fcurella@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 09:07:34 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update CONTRIBUTING.rst

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 CONTRIBUTING.rst | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index 35997b8934..3f939bfdb6 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ Making Changes
 
 -  Create a topic branch from where you want to base your work.
 -  This is usually the master branch.
--  Only target release branches if you are certain your fix must be on
-   that branch.
 -  To quickly create a topic branch based on master;
    ``git branch fix/master/my_contribution master`` then checkout
    the new branch with ``git checkout fix/master/my_contribution``.
@@ -40,6 +38,7 @@ Making Changes
 Submitting Changes
 ------------------
 
+-  Make sure there isn't already a Pull Request opened by somebody else.
 -  Push your changes to a topic branch in your fork of the repository.
 -  Submit a pull request to the repository.