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 ### Thanks for contributing to chrono!
 
-If your feature is semver-compatible, please target the 0.4.x branch;
-the main branch will be used for 0.5.0 development going forward.
+If your feature is semver-compatible, please target the main branch;
+for semver-incompatible changes, please target the `0.5.x` branch.
 
 Please consider adding a test to ensure your bug fix/feature will not break in the future.