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@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ See [OpenAPI Tools wiki](https://github.com/OpenAPITools/openapi-generator/wiki/
 - Add test case(s) to cover the change
 - Document the fix in the code to make the code more readable
 - Make sure test cases passed after the change (one way is to leverage https://travis-ci.org/ to run the CI tests)
-- File a PR with meaningful title, description and commit messages.
+- File a PR with meaningful title, description and commit messages
+- Make sure the option "Allow edits from maintainers" in the PR is selected so that the maintainers can update your PRs with minor fixes, if needed.
 - Recommended git settings
    - `git config core.autocrlf input` to tell Git convert CRLF to LF on commit but not the other way around 
 - To close an issue (e.g. issue 1542) automatically after a PR is merged, use keywords "fix", "close", "resolve" in the PR description, e.g. `fix #1542`. (Ref: [closing issues using keywords](https://help.github.com/articles/closing-issues-using-keywords/))