<detailed list of touched files>
-* The <detailed list of touched files> is mandatory but for the most
- trivial changes, and should follows the GNU guidelines for ChangeLog
- entries (described explicitly in the GNU Coding Standards); it might
- be something of this sort:
+* The <detailed list of touched files> should usually be provided (but
+ for short or trivial changes), and should follow the GNU guidelines
+ for ChangeLog entries (described explicitly in the GNU Coding
+ Standards); it might be something of this sort:
* some/file (func1): Improved frobnication.
(func2): Adjusted accordingly.