diff --git a/contributing-docs/16_contribution_workflow.rst b/contributing-docs/16_contribution_workflow.rst
index 4b3e77a706dc1..aaea43606bb51 100644
--- a/contributing-docs/16_contribution_workflow.rst
+++ b/contributing-docs/16_contribution_workflow.rst
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ Step 4: Prepare PR
 
      In general newsfragments must be one line.  For newsfragment type ``significant``,
      you should follow the template in ``newsfragments/template.significant.rst`` to include summary, body, change type and migrations rules needed.
+     One thing to note here is that a ``significant`` newsfragment always doesn't have to be a breaking change, i.e. it can not have a change type and migration rules.
      This can also be done by the following command.
 
      .. code-block:: bash