doc: mention cherry-pick edge-case on release

nodejs · Aug 26, 2022 · 0995bb7 · 0995bb7
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@@ -698,6 +698,9 @@ placeholders (that happens when a change previously landed on another release
 branch), keep both version numbers. Convert the YAML field to an array if it is
 not already one.
 
+Validate it carefully the `cherry-pick` might happen without conflicts but
+changing the wrong lines. See: https://github.com/nodejs/Release/issues/771
+
 Then finish cherry-picking and push the commit upstream:
 
 ```console