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@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ The first patch revision in a patch revision SHOULD include a NIP-10 `e` `reply`
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+The first patch in a series MAY be a cover letter in the format produced by `git format-patch`.
+
 ## Issues
 
 Issues are Markdown text that is just human-readable conversational threads related to the repository: bug reports, feature requests, questions or comments of any kind. Like patches, these SHOULD be sent to the relays specified in that repository's announcement event's `"relays"` tag.
@@ -108,5 +110,4 @@ Replies are also Markdown text. The difference is that they MUST be issued as re
 
 - "status" kind (for letting people know a patch was merged or an issue was fixed or won't be fixed)
 - "branch merge" kind (specifying a URL from where to fetch the branch to be merged)
-- "cover letter" kind (to which multiple patches can refer and serve as a unifying layer to them)
 - inline file comments kind (we probably need one for patches and a different one for merged files)