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@@ -231,11 +231,12 @@ scale it will be used by application developers and node operators.
 
 The Tendermint team maintains [a set of end-to-end
 tests](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/master/test/e2e/README.md#L1)
-that run each night on the latest commit of the project. These tests start
-a network of containerized Tendermint processes and run automated checks that
-the network functions as expected in both stable and unstable conditions.
-During the feature freeze, these tests are run nightly and must pass
-consistently for a release of Tendermint to be considered stable.
+that run each night on the latest commit of the project and on the code in the
+tip of each backport branch. These tests start a network of containerized
+Tendermint processes and run automated checks that the network functions as
+expected in both stable and unstable conditions. During the feature freeze,
+these tests are run nightly and must pass consistently for a release of
+Tendermint to be considered stable.
 
 ### Upgrade Harness