diff --git a/debian/README.source b/debian/README.source
index a4aa18520..123eea728 100644
--- a/debian/README.source
+++ b/debian/README.source
@@ -160,6 +160,16 @@ You can check the final list of configuration files by reading
 debian/rules.gen.  Each binary-arch_<arch>_<fset>_<flavour>_real
 rule passes the list to debian/rules.real as the KCONFIG variable.
 
+These files should be kept in order using the kconfigeditor2
+utility from <https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/kernel-team>.
+With this source package as your working directory, run:
+
+    debian/rules source
+    .../kernel-team/utils/kconfigeditor2/process.py .
+
+This will also warn about any symbols that no longer exist, or
+cannot be explicitly configured.
+
 Control file
 ============
 The master control file debian/control must be generated before
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f6fa70750..01839d057 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ linux (4.19.16-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * debian/control: Add !pkg.linux.nokernel to qualification for compiler
     build-deps
   * [i386] debian/control: Fix cross-compiler build-dependency
+  * debian/README.source: Document how to run kconfigeditor2
 
  -- Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>  Fri, 18 Jan 2019 19:09:06 +0000