From 616da966350d2dcb6cde8980056ad0817d815471 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sarah <4283226+SarahPythonista@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2025 18:43:51 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add clarification that contributors must authorize the Python
 CLA bot

---
 getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.rst | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.rst b/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.rst
index fe810e90f..d4a8b55ea 100644
--- a/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.rst
+++ b/getting-started/pull-request-lifecycle.rst
@@ -356,8 +356,8 @@ Here are the steps needed in order to sign the CLA:
 
 2. When ``python-cla-bot`` comments on your pull request that commit
    authors are required to sign a Contributor License Agreement, click
-   on the button in the comment to sign it. It's enough to log in through
-   GitHub. The process is automatic.
+   on the button in the comment to sign it. Simply log in to GitHub,
+   click "Authorize Python CLA Bot", and then click "Sign".
 
 3. After signing, the comment by ``python-cla-bot`` will update to
    indicate that "all commit authors signed the Contributor License