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diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
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+++ b/HACKING
@@ -274,6 +274,12 @@
       ... removed in commit 'v1.11-1674-g02e9072' of 01-01-2012,
       "dist: ditch support for lzma"...
 
+* If the commit is a tiny change that is exempt from copyright paperwork, the
+  commit message should contain a separate line after the detailed list of
+  touched files like the following:
+
+      Copyright-paperwork-exempt: yes
+
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 = Test suite