diff --git a/doc/contribute.html b/doc/contribute.html
index c112a780d0..aee044acae 100644
--- a/doc/contribute.html
+++ b/doc/contribute.html
@@ -624,10 +624,11 @@ and perhaps the <a href="/AUTHORS"><code>AUTHORS</code></a> file.
 defines who the Go contributors&mdash;the people&mdash;are;
 the <a href="/AUTHORS"><code>AUTHORS</code></a> file defines
 who &ldquo;The Go Authors&rdquo;&mdash;the copyright holders&mdash;are.
-The Go developers at Google will update these files when submitting
-your first change.
-In order for them to do that, you need to have completed one of the
-contributor license agreements:
+These files will be periodically updated based on the commit logs.
+
+<p>Gerrit serves as the gatekeeper and uses your e-mail address as the key.
+To send your first change to the Go project from a given address,
+you must have completed one of the contributor license agreements:
 <ul>
 <li>
 If you are the copyright holder, you will need to agree to the