diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/pull-requests.md b/doc/guides/contributing/pull-requests.md index f90e74acbf7e03..fe4e9594f1496f 100644 --- a/doc/guides/contributing/pull-requests.md +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/pull-requests.md @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ You can use any name/email address you prefer here. We only use the metadata generated by `git` using this configuration for properly attributing your changes to you in the `AUTHORS` file and the changelog. -If you would like for the Github UI to link the commit to your account +If you would like for the GitHub UI to link the commit to your account and award you the `Contributor` label after the changes have been merged, make sure this local email is also added to your [GitHub email list](https://github.com/settings/emails).