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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ At release time, any open backport issue which is not release-blocker is pushed
 
 ## Making cherry-pick CLs
 
-_Note that only the authors of the original CL (or maintainers with the "impersonate" permission) have the ability to create the cherry-pick._
+_Note that only the authors of the original CL and approvers have the ability to create the cherry-pick._
 
 Once the main fix has been submitted to master, please make a cherry-pick CL to the applicable release branch.