diff --git a/docs/src/developer-guide/contributing/pull-requests.md b/docs/src/developer-guide/contributing/pull-requests.md
index 2eece342b53..f3c68572549 100644
--- a/docs/src/developer-guide/contributing/pull-requests.md
+++ b/docs/src/developer-guide/contributing/pull-requests.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ git add -A
 git commit
 ```
 
-All ESLint projects follow [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/) for our commit messages. Here's an example commit message:
+All ESLint projects follow [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/) for our commit messages. (Note: we don’t support the optional scope in messages.)  Here's an example commit message:
 
 ```txt
 tag: Short description of what you did