diff --git a/.github/semantic.yml b/.github/semantic.yml
index 8439d08..adfc38a 100644
--- a/.github/semantic.yml
+++ b/.github/semantic.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
-# Config file for https://github.com/Ezard/semantic-prs.
+# Config file for semantic-prs (https://github.com/Ezard/semantic-prs).
 ---
-# PRs will generally be squashed and merged, so we only care about the
-# title for purposes of semantic versioning. This also prevents false
-# positives when some commits use semantic messages, but the PR title
-# does not.
-#
-# Note this means the check will be irrelevant for PRs which are
-# intended to be merged rather than squashed. Merged PRs are useful,
-# for example, if we want to merge several semantic changes all at
-# once (i.e. without multiple releases); to accomplish this, we would
-# use semantic messages on individual commits.
-titleOnly: true
+# PRs will be rebased before being merged. Individual commits need to
+# follow the semantic PR spec.
+commitsOnly: true
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 8b99501..ee87be4 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -9,20 +9,17 @@ The project uses
 meaning that a new release will be published whenever functional
 changes are pushed to the `master` branch.
 
-To support this, PR titles must follow the [Conventional Commits
-Spec](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/), e.g. `fix: some fix` (for a patch version release) or `feat: some feature` (for a
+Commits must follow the [Conventional Commits
+Spec](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/), e.g. `fix: some
+fix` (for a patch version release) or `feat: some feature` (for a
 minor version release).
 
-(Note that PRs will generally be squashed rather than merged directly,
-so it's the PR title, rather than individual commit messages, which
-must follow this spec.)
-
 ### CI Validations
 
 PRs need to pass the following checks before they can be merged:
 
 ```sh
-npm run check # Validates typings.
+npm run check # Validates types.
 npm run lint  # Validates code style.
 npm run test  # Validates functionality.
 ```