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@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ You can invoke the nixpkgs-merge-bot by commenting `@NixOS/nixpkgs-merge-bot mer
 The bot will verify the following conditions, refusing to merge otherwise:
 
 - the PR author should be @r-ryantm or a Nixpkgs committer;
-- the invoker should be among the package maintainers;
+- the invoker should be among the package maintainers on the targeted branch;
 - the package should reside in `pkgs/by-name`.
 
 Further, nixpkgs-merge-bot will ensure all CI checks and the ofborg builds for Linux have successfully completed before merging the pull request.