diff --git a/content/authentication/managing-commit-signature-verification/about-commit-signature-verification.md b/content/authentication/managing-commit-signature-verification/about-commit-signature-verification.md
index 59f11c363162..0a0564460c9e 100644
--- a/content/authentication/managing-commit-signature-verification/about-commit-signature-verification.md
+++ b/content/authentication/managing-commit-signature-verification/about-commit-signature-verification.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Repository administrators can enforce required commit signing on a branch to blo
 {% data reusables.identity-and-permissions.verification-status-check %}
 
 {% ifversion fpt or ghec %}
-{% data variables.product.product_name %} will automatically use GPG to sign commits you make using the {% data variables.product.product_name %} web interface, except for when you squash and merge a pull request that you are not the author of. Commits signed by {% data variables.product.product_name %} will have a verified status on {% data variables.product.product_name %}. You can verify the signature locally using the public key available at https://github.com/web-flow.gpg. The full fingerprint of the key is `5DE3 E050 9C47 EA3C F04A 42D3 4AEE 18F8 3AFD EB23`. You can optionally choose to have {% data variables.product.product_name %} sign commits you make in {% data variables.product.prodname_codespaces %}. For more information about enabling GPG verification for your codespaces, see "[Managing GPG verification for {% data variables.product.prodname_codespaces %}](/github/developing-online-with-codespaces/managing-gpg-verification-for-codespaces)."
+{% data variables.product.product_name %} will automatically use GPG to sign commits you make using the {% data variables.product.product_name %} web interface. Commits signed by {% data variables.product.product_name %} will have a verified status on {% data variables.product.product_name %}. You can verify the signature locally using the public key available at https://github.com/web-flow.gpg. The full fingerprint of the key is `5DE3 E050 9C47 EA3C F04A 42D3 4AEE 18F8 3AFD EB23`. You can optionally choose to have {% data variables.product.product_name %} sign commits you make in {% data variables.product.prodname_codespaces %}. For more information about enabling GPG verification for your codespaces, see "[Managing GPG verification for {% data variables.product.prodname_codespaces %}](/github/developing-online-with-codespaces/managing-gpg-verification-for-codespaces)."
 {% endif %}
 
 ## GPG commit signature verification