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diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
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@@ -1467,10 +1467,16 @@ address and the @option{-v} flag with @command{git send-email}.
@example
$ git commit -a
-$ git send-email -1 -a --base=auto -v @var{REVISION} \
+$ git send-email -1 -a --base=auto -v@var{REVISION} \
--to=@var{ISSUE_NUMBER}@@debbugs.gnu.org
@end example
+@quotation Note
+Due to an apparent bug in @command{git send-email},
+@option{-v @var{REVISION}} (with the space) will not work; you
+@emph{must} use @option{-v@var{REVISION}}.
+@end quotation
+
You can find out @var{ISSUE_NUMBER} either by searching on the mumi
interface at @url{issues.guix.gnu.org} for the name of your patch or
reading the acknowledgement email sent automatically by Debbugs in