Index: en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml
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--- en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml
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@@ -965,10 +965,11 @@
 
 	<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>svn copy <replaceable>foo.c</replaceable> <replaceable>bar.c</replaceable></userinput></screen>
 
-	<para>This is usually preferred to copying the file with
-	  <command>cp</command> and adding it to the repository with
-	  <command>svn add</command> because this way the new file does not
-	  inherit the original one's history.</para>
+	<para>Using <command>svn copy</command> is usually preferable because
+	  it keeps the history of the original file with the new file.  When
+	  the original file is manually copied to a new file, then added to
+	  version control, the new file does not have the commit history of the
+	  original.</para>
 
 	<para>To move and rename a file:</para>