diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
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--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -5,13 +5,23 @@ Step 1: Read http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/
 Step 2: Read http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/ again
 Step 3: Read on
 
+
+General
+-------
+- Put two newlines twixt toplevel code (funcs, classes, etc)
+- Put one newline twixt methods in classes and anywhere else
+- Do not write "except:", use "except Exception:" at the very least
+- Include your name with TODOs as in "TODO(termie)"
+- Do not name anything the same name as a builtin or reserved word
+
+
 Imports
 -------
-- thou shalt not import objects, only modules
-- thou shalt not import more than one module per line
-- thou shalt not make relative imports
-- thou shalt order your imports by the full module path
-- thou shalt organize your imports according to the following template
+- Do not import objects, only modules
+- Do not import more than one module per line
+- Do not make relative imports
+- Order your imports by the full module path
+- Organize your imports according to the following template
 
 ::
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@@ -23,16 +33,6 @@ Imports
 {{begin your code}}
 
 
-General
--------
-- thou shalt put two newlines twixt toplevel code (funcs, classes, etc)
-- thou shalt put one newline twixt methods in classes and anywhere else
-- thou shalt not write "except:", use "except Exception:" at the very least
-- thou shalt include your name with TODOs as in "TODO(termie)"
-- thou shalt not name anything the same name as a builtin or reserved word
-- thou shalt not violate causality in our time cone, or else
-
-
 Human Alphabetical Order Examples
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