From b753f630001b3aae62b6564b560943f907b8cc72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Andre=20Kl=C3=A4rner?= <kandre+github@ak-online.be>
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2022 19:11:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] The changelog entry ending in a `.` or `!` is not optional
 (#14087)

---
 changelog.d/14087.doc                  | 1 +
 docs/development/contributing_guide.md | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 changelog.d/14087.doc

diff --git a/changelog.d/14087.doc b/changelog.d/14087.doc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28d1ce67c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/14087.doc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The changelog entry ending in a full stop or exclamation mark is not optional.
diff --git a/docs/development/contributing_guide.md b/docs/development/contributing_guide.md
index 5c37225168..7f99220a3b 100644
--- a/docs/development/contributing_guide.md
+++ b/docs/development/contributing_guide.md
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ This file will become part of our [changelog](
 https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/CHANGES.md) at the next
 release, so the content of the file should be a short description of your
 change in the same style as the rest of the changelog. The file can contain Markdown
-formatting, and should end with a full stop (.) or an exclamation mark (!) for
+formatting, and must end with a full stop (.) or an exclamation mark (!) for
 consistency.
 
 Adding credits to the changelog is encouraged, we value your
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