diff --git a/doc/developer.texi b/doc/developer.texi
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--- a/doc/developer.texi
+++ b/doc/developer.texi
@@ -30,13 +30,11 @@ consult @url{https://ffmpeg.org/legal.html}.
 
 @chapter Contributing
 
-There are 3 ways by which code gets into FFmpeg.
+There are 2 ways by which code gets into FFmpeg:
 @itemize @bullet
-@item Submitting patches to the main developer mailing list.
+@item Submitting patches to the ffmpeg-devel mailing list.
       See @ref{Submitting patches} for details.
 @item Directly committing changes to the main tree.
-@item Committing changes to a git clone, for example on github.com or
-      gitorious.org. And asking us to merge these changes.
 @end itemize
 
 Whichever way, changes should be reviewed by the maintainer of the code