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 The first line of the change description is conventionally a one-line
 summary of the change, prefixed by the primary affected package,
 and is used as the subject for code review mail.
-The rest of the
-description elaborates and should provide context for the
+It should complete the sentence "This change modifies Go to _____."
+The rest of the description elaborates and should provide context for the
 change and explain what it does.
+Write in complete sentences with correct punctuation, just like
+for your comments in Go.
 If there is a helpful reference, mention it here.
+If you've fixed an issue, reference it by number with a # before it.
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 <pre>
-math: improved Sin, Cos and Tan precision for very large arguments
+math: improve Sin, Cos and Tan precision for very large arguments
 
 The existing implementation has poor numerical properties for
 large arguments, so use the McGillicutty algorithm to improve