diff --git a/DOCS/xml/README.maintainers b/DOCS/xml/README.maintainers
index ab7e40bf9a..82dd519138 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/README.maintainers
+++ b/DOCS/xml/README.maintainers
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ by Makefile.inc, so you do not have to list them.)
 Adding new translations
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-1) Create a new subdirectory and copy the XML files there.
+1) Create a new subdirectory and copy the XML files there. main.xml must not be
+   copied, it is autogenerated.
 
 2) Make sure to create a 'Makefile' for the translation -- you can
    use 'en/Makefile' as an example.
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ Adding new translations
   </xsl:stylesheet>
 
   html-chunk.xsl:
-  
+
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
   <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
                 version="1.0">