Contoh format catatan perubahan yang direkomendasikan oleh GNU Coding Standards:[1]
YYYY-MM-DD John Doe <johndoe@example.com>
* myfile.ext (myfunction): my changes made
additional changes
* myfile.ext (unrelated_change): my changes made
to myfile.ext but completely unrelated to the above
* anotherfile.ext (somefunction): more changes