From 4049ca92085b98b29d19eb24323ebaab41765529 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Morgan <andrew@amorgan.xyz>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 09:47:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Specify news fragments must be done in RST.

---
 CONTRIBUTING.rst | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index 0666c5797..7a6c6be20 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -98,8 +98,10 @@ the ``newsfragments`` directory. The ``type`` can be one of the following:
 
 * ``deprecation`` - Used when deprecating something
 
-All news fragments must have a brief summary explaining the change in the contents
-of the file. The summary must end in a full stop to be in line with the style guide.
+All news fragments must have a brief summary explaining the change in the
+contents of the file. The summary must end in a full stop to be in line with
+the style guide and and formatting must be done using `Restructured Text
+<http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/restructuredtext/basics.html>`_.
 
 Changes that do not change the spec, such as changes to the build script, formatting,
 CSS, etc should not get a news fragment.