(Clarification to the Rat release policy.)
diff --git a/src/main/docgen/book.xml b/src/main/docgen/book.xml
index 63b9130..75bc656 100644
--- a/src/main/docgen/book.xml
+++ b/src/main/docgen/book.xml
@@ -1634,16 +1634,16 @@
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<para><literal>ant rat</literal>, check output. There can't be any
binaries, archives, and especially not unknown or unapproved
- licenses. If there is some, then first you have to describe them
- in the related <literal>LICENSE</literal> files (there are several
- of them, depending on if it's for the source, the binary
- distrobution, the Maven jar artifact, or the Maven javadoc
- artifact), and then you have to add them to related
- <literal>rat-excludes</literal> file (there's one in the project
- root for the source release, and another in
- <literal>src/dist/bin</literal> for the binary release) so that
- the files won't be reported next time. Finally restart the process
- from rebuilding the distribution.</para>
+ licenses. Skip to the next point if there were none! Otherwise,
+ first you have to describe them in the related
+ <literal>LICENSE</literal> files (there are several of them,
+ depending on if it's for the source, the binary distrobution, the
+ Maven jar artifact, or the Maven javadoc artifact), and then you
+ have to add them to related <literal>rat-excludes</literal> file
+ (there's one in the project root for the source release, and
+ another in <literal>src/dist/bin</literal> for the binary release)
+ so that the files won't be reported next time. Finally restart the
+ process from rebuilding the distribution.</para>
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