diff --git a/doc/reviewing-contributions.xml b/doc/reviewing-contributions.xml
index d6f33ccd1cdb..7b017f0a8cc4 100644
--- a/doc/reviewing-contributions.xml
+++ b/doc/reviewing-contributions.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen+sort%3Aupdated-desc">most
recently and the least
- recently updated pull-requests.
+ recently updated pull-requests.
+ We highly encourage looking at
+ this list of ready to merge, unreviewed pull requests.
When reviewing a pull request, please always be nice and polite.
Controversial changes can lead to controversial opinions, but it is important