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@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ Transports will also have dependencies where required.
 
 ### Contributing
 
-When contributing changes to the Java API please provide as much detail on the changes and the reasons for them. We will
+When contributing changes to the Java API please provide as much detail on the changes and the reasons for them.
+
+We will not accept changes that have no meaningful contribution to the project.
 
-not accept changes that have no meaningful contribution to the project.