From 2bd983c83f80ae425c1110b41a6ee374c9e5b16e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carl George <carl@george.computer>
Date: Feb 16 2023 04:34:29 +0000
Subject: Indicate that MUST, SHOULD, etc. follow the RFC 2119 definitions


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diff --git a/guidelines/modules/ROOT/pages/index.adoc b/guidelines/modules/ROOT/pages/index.adoc
index 0ae108c..dd32452 100644
--- a/guidelines/modules/ROOT/pages/index.adoc
+++ b/guidelines/modules/ROOT/pages/index.adoc
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ though they were originally based on many other documents.
 They have been significantly modified over the years
 by many members of the Packaging Committee.
 
+The key words MUST, MUST NOT, SHOULD, SHOULD NOT, and MAY
+in these guidelines are to be interpreted as described in
+https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2119[RFC 2119].
+
 Report issues with these guidelines, including typos,
 https://pagure.io/packaging-committee[here].