--- a/doc/maintain.texi
+++ b/doc/maintain.texi
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 @c For double-sided printing, uncomment:
 @c @setchapternewpage odd
 @c This date is automagically updated when you save this file:
-@set lastupdate October 29, 2004
+@set lastupdate January 4, 2005
 @c %**end of header
 
 @dircategory GNU organization
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated @value{lastupdate}.
 
 Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
-2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies
@@ -263,6 +263,11 @@
 papers to sign.  The @file{request-} file also raises the issue of
 getting a copyright disclaimer from the contributor's employer.
 
+When the contributor emails the form to the FSF, the FSF sends per
+papers to sign.  If person signs them right away, the whole process
+takes about two weeks--mostly waiting for letters to go back and
+forth.
+
 For less common cases, we have template files you should send to the
 contributor.  Be sure to fill in the name of the person and the name
 of the program in these templates, where it says @samp{NAME OF PERSON}