diff --git a/contributingGuides/CONTRIBUTING.md b/contributingGuides/CONTRIBUTING.md
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@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Please be aware that compensation for any support in solving an issue is provide
 - Merged PR within 9 business days - 50% **penalty**  
 - No PR within 12 business days - **Contract terminated**  
 
-If the PR causes a regression within 7 days of being deployed to production, contributors are not eligible for the 50% bonus. 
+If the PR causes a regression at any point within the regression period (starting when the code is merged and ending 7 days after being deployed to production), contributors are not eligible for the 50% bonus. 
 
 ## Finding Jobs
 A job could be fixing a bug or working on a new feature. There are two ways you can find a job that you can contribute to: