diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
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@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
 # Contributing to this fork
 
-This repository is a fork. Its integration branch is `master`: it carries every
+This repository is a fork. Its integration branch is `integration/microscaler-fork`: it carries every
 change made in this fork, and it is the only branch that projects depending on
 the fork should consume (a dependent can follow just one branch).
 
-- **Changes land here first.** Every fix or feature goes to `master` through a pull
+- **Changes land here first.** Every fix or feature goes to `integration/microscaler-fork` through a pull
   request merged with a merge commit. Branches that dependents pin are never
   rebased or force-pushed.
-- **Upstream proposals are cut separately.** Once a change is on `master`, the
+- **Upstream proposals are cut separately.** Once a change is on `integration/microscaler-fork`, the
   pull request for the upstream project is cut fresh from upstream's default
   branch as a single-purpose change (one concern, one commit, following
-  upstream's conventions). It is not merged from `master`.
+  upstream's conventions). It is not merged from `integration/microscaler-fork`.
 - **Upstream is merged in regularly.** Upstream's default branch is merged into
-  `master` so the fork stays a superset of upstream.
+  `integration/microscaler-fork` so the fork stays a superset of upstream.
 - **Before an upstream pull request merges or closes,** check that its content is
-  on `master` (by content, not commit hashes: upstream branches are re-cut).
+  on `integration/microscaler-fork` (by content, not commit hashes: upstream branches are re-cut).
+
+`master` is kept as it was when the integration branch was created, because existing lockfiles pin its
+commits; new work goes to `integration/microscaler-fork`.