diff --git a/docs/development.rst b/docs/development.rst
index c61bba70d..38ae33e98 100644
--- a/docs/development.rst
+++ b/docs/development.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Some guidance for contributors:
 
 - Discuss changes on the GitHub issue tracker, on IRC or on the mailing list.
 
-- Make your PRs on the ``master`` branch (see `Branching Model`_ for details).
+- Make your PRs on the ``master`` branch (see `Branching Model`_ for details and exceptions).
 
 - Do clean changesets: