diff --git a/COLLABORATOR_GUIDE.md b/COLLABORATOR_GUIDE.md
index 1eb75fc1f8d703..276bc34da7d85b 100644
--- a/COLLABORATOR_GUIDE.md
+++ b/COLLABORATOR_GUIDE.md
@@ -802,9 +802,8 @@ pulled from the staging branch into the LTS branch only when a release is
 being prepared and may be pulled into the LTS branch in a different order
 than they were landed in staging.
 
-Any Collaborator may land commits into a staging branch, but only the release
-team should land commits into the LTS branch while preparing a new
-LTS release.
+Only the members of the @nodejs/backporters team should land commits onto
+LTS staging branches.
 
 #### How can I help?