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 # Changes
 
-<!-- Describe your changes here- ideally you can get that description straight from
-your descriptive commit message(s)! -->
+<!-- 
+Describe your changes here- ideally you can get that description straight from
+your descriptive commit message(s)! 
+
+In addition, categorize the changes you're making using the "/kind" Prow command, such as:
+/kind bug
+/kind documentation
+/kind feature
+-->
 
 # Submitter Checklist