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diff --git a/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml b/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml
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@@ -499,6 +499,15 @@
         <para>You should use /* */ for comments and not // as some compilers
         do not handle the latter form</para>
         </section>
+
+        <section><title>CVS comments</title>
+        <para>When adding CVS comments at commit time, you can use the following prefixes:
+        <unorderedlist>
+          <listitem>"-" for a comment that can be removed from the Changelog</listitem>
+          <listitem>"*" for an important amendment to be included into a features list
+        </unorderedlist>
+        </para>
+        </section>
 </section>
 
 <section id="SubmittingChanges"><title>New submissions and patches</title>