diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Sun Dec  1 17:17:36 2013  Zachary Scott  <e@zzak.io>
+
+	* doc/contributing.rdoc: [DOC] Current branch maintainers
+
 Sun Dec  1 17:16:36 2013  Zachary Scott  <e@zzak.io>
 
 	* doc/contributing.rdoc: [DOC] Reporting other (ruby-lang.org) issues
diff --git a/doc/contributing.rdoc b/doc/contributing.rdoc
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@@ -238,6 +238,27 @@ Each major version of Ruby has a release manager that should be assigned to
 handle backport requests. You can find the list of release managers on the
 {wiki}[https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/projects/ruby/wiki/ReleaseEngineering].
 
+=== Branch Maintainers
+
+A branch maintainer maintains a branch and releases a new release of Ruby. The
+branch depends on the associated version of Ruby, such as ruby_1_8_7 for
+version 1.8.7. The current branch maintainers are as follows:
+
+[trunk]
+  unnecessary
+[ruby_2_0_0]
+  Chikanaga Tomoyuki (nagachika)
+[ruby_1_9_3]
+  NAKAMURA Usaku (usa)
+[ruby_1_9_2, ruby_1_9_1]
+  _unmaintained_
+[ruby_1_8]
+  _unmaintained_
+[ruby_1_8_7]
+  _unmaintained_
+[ruby_1_8_6 ...]
+  _unmaintained_
+
 == Running tests
 
 In order to help resolve existing issues and contributing patches to Ruby you