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@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ This repository contains external type annotations (see
 [PEP 484](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0484/)) for the
 [lxml](http://lxml.de/) package.
 
+Note that this package is community maintained.
+If you notice room for improvements, please consider sending a patch
+in the form of a change request.
+
 
 ## Installation
 To use these stubs with [mypy](https://github.com/python/mypy), you have to