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Updated the Writing documentation section in CONTRIBUTING.md (#68434)
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Expand Up @@ -661,18 +661,23 @@ To build the docs, you must clone the [elastic/docs](https://github.com/elastic/
repo as a sibling of your kibana repo. Follow the instructions in that project's
README for getting the docs tooling set up.

**To build the docs and open them in your browser:**
**To build the Kibana docs and open them in your browser:**

```bash
./docs/build_docs --doc kibana/docs/index.asciidoc --chunk 1 --open
```
or

```bash
node scripts/docs.js --open
```

### Release Notes Process
### Release Notes process

Part of this process only applies to maintainers, since it requires access to GitHub labels.

Kibana publishes major, minor and patch releases periodically through the year. During this process we run a script against this repo to collect the applicable PRs against that release and generate [Release Notes](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/release-notes.html).
To include your change in the Release Notes:
Kibana publishes [Release Notes](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/release-notes.html) for major and minor releases. To generate the Release Notes, the writers run a script against this repo to collect the merged PRs against the release.
To include your PRs in the Release Notes:

1. In the title, summarize what the PR accomplishes in language that is meaningful to the user. In general, use present tense (for example, Adds, Fixes) in sentence case.
2. Label the PR with the targeted version (ex: `v7.3.0`).
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* For an external-facing fix, use `release_note:fix`. Exception: docs, build, and test fixes do not go in the Release Notes. Neither fixes for issues that were only on `master` and never have been released.
* For a deprecated feature, use `release_note:deprecation`.
* For a breaking change, use `release_note:breaking`.
* To **NOT** include your changes in the Release Notes, please use `release_note:skip`.
* To **NOT** include your changes in the Release Notes, use `release_note:skip`.

We also produce a blog post that details more important breaking API changes every minor and major release. If the PR includes a breaking API change, apply the label `release_note:dev_docs`. Additionally add a brief summary of the break at the bottom of the PR using the format below:
We also produce a blog post that details more important breaking API changes in every major and minor release. When your PR includes a breaking API change, add the `release_note:dev_docs` label, and add a brief summary of the break at the bottom of the PR using the format below:

```
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