From d62f804666a13823894aac5ede17f279b2ad95e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniil Fedotov <daniil.fedotov@kasten.io>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 15:26:39 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add note about committing release notes before
 generating a changelog (#3181)

Co-authored-by: mergify[bot] <37929162+mergify[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 RELEASE.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index a19d6a5c08..ca03e4d584 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ make reno-report VERSION=<pre-release-verstion>
 ```
 And then committed to the pre-release branch.
 
+**IMPORTANT** Reno scans commits to detect release notes. Only committed release notes will be added to the CHANGELOG files.
+
 ### Release workflow
 
 `release` workflow tags the repo using `release_tag` variable either from the merged pre-release PR or from workflow dispatch.