diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml
index 6bd4cc0fec..91af421771 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml
@@ -191,6 +191,36 @@
     <para>Committers are encouraged to seek review for their work as part
       of the normal development process, regardless of the area of the
       tree where the work is occurring.</para>
+
+    <sect2>
+      <title>Policy for <filename>doc/</filename> committer activity
+        in <filename>src/</filename></title>
+
+      <itemizedlist>
+	<listitem><para>doc committers may commit documentation
+	  changes to src files, such as man pages, READMEs, fortune
+	  databases, calendar files, and comment fixes without
+	  approval from a src committer, subject to the normal care
+	  and tending of commits.</para></listitem>
+
+	<listitem><para>doc committers may commit minor src changes
+	  and fixes, such as build fixes, small features, etc, with an
+	  "Approved by" from a src committer.</para></listitem>
+
+	<listitem><para>doc committers may seek an upgrade to a src
+	  commit bit by acquiring a mentor, who will propose the doc
+	  committer to core.  When approved, they will be added to
+	  'access' and the normal mentoring period will ensue, which
+	  will involve a continuing of <quote>Approved by</quote> for
+	  some period.</para></listitem>
+
+     	<listitem><para>"Approved by" is only acceptable from
+	  non-mentored src committers -- mentored committers can
+	  provide a "Reviewed by" but not an "Approved
+	  by".</para></listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </sect2>
+
   </sect1>
 
   <sect1 id="cvs.operations">
@@ -685,11 +715,11 @@ alias scvs env CVS_RSH=ssh cvs -d <replaceable>user</replaceable>@ncvs.FreeBSD.o
 	</itemizedlist>
 
 	<para>You will almost certainly get a conflict because
-	  of the <literal>$Id: article.sgml,v 1.202 2004-07-27 14:34:49 krion Exp $</literal> (or in FreeBSD's case,
+	  of the <literal>$Id: article.sgml,v 1.203 2004-08-02 04:15:08 murray Exp $</literal> (or in FreeBSD's case,
 	  <literal>$<!-- stop expansion -->FreeBSD<!-- stop expansion -->$</literal>)
 	  lines, so you will have to edit the file to resolve the conflict
-	  (remove the marker lines and the second <literal>$Id: article.sgml,v 1.202 2004-07-27 14:34:49 krion Exp $</literal> line,
-	  leaving the original <literal>$Id: article.sgml,v 1.202 2004-07-27 14:34:49 krion Exp $</literal> line intact).</para>
+	  (remove the marker lines and the second <literal>$Id: article.sgml,v 1.203 2004-08-02 04:15:08 murray Exp $</literal> line,
+	  leaving the original <literal>$Id: article.sgml,v 1.203 2004-08-02 04:15:08 murray Exp $</literal> line intact).</para>
       </listitem>
 
       <listitem>