diff --git a/debian/README.source b/debian/README.source
index 21ca92f81..049a42f2a 100644
--- a/debian/README.source
+++ b/debian/README.source
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ of 2.6.26-12:
 The same syntax applies for specifing the patches, but an additional
 argument is needed which specifies the featureset the patch applies to.
 
+
+If you want to generate a source tree with all patches applied, run
+make -f debian/rules source-all
+
+The resulting source can be found below debian/build.
+
 Kernel config files
 ===================
 Configuration files are constructed dynamically from a number of config
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c166f42ab..e3ce76e91 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ linux-2.6 (2.6.32-10) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   [ Moritz Muehlenhoff ]
   * Enable CONFIG_KEYS_DEBUG_PROC_KEYS (Closes: #400932)
+  * Amend README.source with documentation on how to generate a 
+    source tree with all patches applied (Closes: #509156)
 
   [ Aurelien Jarno ]
   * Fix signal stack alignement on sparc64 (Closes: #569797)