diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml
index 8a0866bb83..7ad8d6ca78 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml
@@ -1954,11 +1954,18 @@ Host pcvs.FreeBSD.org
 		each have their own Makefile.</para>
 	    </listitem>
 	    <listitem>
-	      <para>Changes to man pages should be merged to <filename
+	      <para>Changes to manual pages should be merged to <filename
 		  class="directory">share/man/man<replaceable>N</replaceable>/</filename>,
 		for the appropriate value of
 		<literal>N</literal>.</para>
 	    </listitem>
+	    <listitem>
+	      <para>Other changes to <filename
+		  class="directory">share/</filename> should be merged
+		to the appropriate subdirectory and not to
+		<filename class="directory">share/</filename>
+		directly.</para>
+	    </listitem>
 	    <listitem>
 	      <para>Changes to a top-level file in the source tree
 		such as <filename>UPDATING</filename> or