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+2002-04-19  Mark Mitchell  <mark@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* MAINTAINERS: Add information about purpose of this file.
+
 2002-04-18  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
 
 	* configure.in: Disallow configuring libgcj when it is already
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
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+Note
+====
+
+This file contains information about people who are permitted to make
+changes to various parts of the compiler and associated libraries.
+
+Please do not contact the people in this file directly to report
+problems in GCC.
+
+For general information about GCC, please visit:
+
+  http://gcc.gnu.org
+
+To report problems in GCC, please visit:
+
+  http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html
+
+Maintainers
+===========
+
 			Blanket Write Privs.
 
 John Carr					jfc@mit.edu