diff --git a/admin/MAINTAINERS b/admin/MAINTAINERS
index 3f5cb7af2d2..3283bf889e6 100644
--- a/admin/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/admin/MAINTAINERS
@@ -5,14 +5,10 @@ what parts of the Emacs distribution.  The areas can be defined
 "arbitrarily", but should provide fairly well-defined boundaries so
 that there are not too many ambiguities.
 
-The list below consists of 2 parts.  First, the list of areas that
-someone wants to be maintaining (i.e. has a particularly keen interest
-for it); then the list of areas that someone is willing to maintain,
-although he would not necessarily mind if someone else was the
-official maintainer.
-
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-1.
+1. Areas that someone wants to be maintaining (i.e. has a particularly
+keen interest in).  There's no need to list files where you are
+mentioned in the file's header.
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 Jason Rumney
@@ -145,7 +141,8 @@ Ulf Jasper
 	    test/automated/icalendar-tests.el
 
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-2.
+2. Areas that someone is willing to maintain, although he would not
+necessarily mind if someone else was the official maintainer.
 ==============================================================================
 
 Kelvin White