diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTE b/docs/CONTRIBUTE
index 75e7ebbb93a267cc46878bd145c132d5817642e6..83fa420992e137d5fa5595ce56c0e4109e9432a4 100644
--- a/docs/CONTRIBUTE
+++ b/docs/CONTRIBUTE
@@ -278,6 +278,10 @@
       [full description, no wider than 72 columns that describe as much as
       possible as to why this change is made, and possibly what things
       it fixes and everything else that is related]
+
+      [Bug: link to source of the report or more related discussion]
+      [Reported-by: John Doe - credit the reporter]
+      [whatever-else-by: credit all helpers, finders, doers]
       ---- stop ----
 
  Don't forget to use commit --author="" if you commit someone else's work,