diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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@@ -320,8 +320,8 @@ please remove the `backport-X.Y` tag from the originating pull request for the c
  - use whitespace to make the code more readable
  - no whitespace at the end of a line (trailing whitespace)
  - comments are good, especially when they explain the algorithm
- - try to adhere to a 92 character line length limit
- - use upper camel case convention for modules, type names
+ - try to adhere to a 100 character line-length limit
+ - use upper camel case convention for modules and type names
  - use lower case with underscores for method names
  - it is generally preferred to use ASCII operators and identifiers over
    Unicode equivalents whenever possible