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 Thanks for your interest in contributing to Go by Example!
 
 * When sending a PR that affects the displayed contents of the site, run
-  `tools/build` locally and include the generated HTML in the PR. If you
-  only want to submit a simple typo suggestion (for example, through the
-  Github website), feel free to send a PR anyway - we'll regenerate the
-  HTML and merge with your commit.
+  `tools/build` locally and include the generated HTML in the PR. Note that
+  updating the HTML in the `public` directory by itself is insufficient, since
+  the source of truth for the website is in the `examples` directory.
+  
+  If you don't want to deal with getting a proper PR in, feel free to just
+  open an issue an point out the change you suggest.
 
 * We're open to adding more examples to the site. They should be on things
   used by many programmers and only require the standard library. If you're