diff --git a/debian/README.source b/debian/README.source
index 98569e08b..2a9f02ced 100644
--- a/debian/README.source
+++ b/debian/README.source
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ Aside from those general rules:
   - The script debian/bin/ckt-stable-update.sh does the same for
     stable updates by the Canonical Kernel Team.
 
+  - If you have time, please delete irrelevant changes such as:
+    + Fixes for architectures not supported by the package
+    + Fixes for drivers that aren't enabled in any of our configurations
+    + Build fixes for configurations that we don't use
+    + Fixes for lockdep false positives
+
 Applying patches to the Debian kernel tree
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