diff --git a/updating_the_website.html b/updating_the_website.html
index c502b89..95c0a1a 100755
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@@ -41,9 +41,15 @@
     releases.</p>
 
     <ul>
-      <li>You should first make the change in our CVS repository, so it
-      doesn't get lost or overwritten by the next person that updates the
-      page between releases.</li>
+      <li>If the change you are making is intended to be part of a
+      release, you should first make the change in our CVS repository,
+      so it doesn't get lost or overwritten by the next person that
+      updates the page between releases.  Of course if you don't check
+      in (say because the change is not supposed to be in the next
+      release), and someone else changes the page after you, the
+      change may be lost.  This procedure does not account for that
+      case; you'll have to use your head and figure out what to
+      do.</li>
 
       <li>
         You will upload the file(s) by <code>scp</code>'ing to the