diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 25b7a00265d29013a0f5ace98bab410aee2c2019..4435252a4592139f8e662c4ceeff1254f763e758 100644
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@@ -36,16 +36,13 @@ cd haddock
 
 ### Git Branches
 
-For improvements to the documentation generator,
-please base your pull request on the latest GHC version branch
-(`ghc-9.2` for instance). 
+Pull requests are to be opened against the `main` branch, from which are forked
+GHC-specific branches (like `ghc-9.2`, `ghc-9.4`, etc).
 
 ### Building the packages
 
 #### Using `cabal`
 
-Requires cabal `>= 3.4` and GHC `== 9.2`:
-
 First update the package list:
 
 ```bash
@@ -60,7 +57,7 @@ cabal v2-build all --enable-tests
 cabal v2-test all
 ```
 
-### Updating golden testsuite outputs
+### Updating golden test suite outputs
 
 If you've changed Haddock's output, you will probably need to accept the new
 output of Haddock's golden test suites (`html-test`, `latex-test`,
@@ -72,6 +69,5 @@ cabal v2-test html-test latex-test hoogle-test hypsrc-test \
   --test-option='--accept'
 ```
 
-
 [SSCCE]: http://sscce.org/
 [CoC]: ./CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md