From 00fc5553f6281a654c3ff43df8ea84b5805cb869 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Loeb <90000203+thispaul@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2022 08:16:42 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Update branch protection docs to specify pull request
 requirement

---
 .../about-protected-branches.md                                 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/content/repositories/configuring-branches-and-merges-in-your-repository/defining-the-mergeability-of-pull-requests/about-protected-branches.md b/content/repositories/configuring-branches-and-merges-in-your-repository/defining-the-mergeability-of-pull-requests/about-protected-branches.md
index 0b87ea3b5bbf..08f567b7b363 100644
--- a/content/repositories/configuring-branches-and-merges-in-your-repository/defining-the-mergeability-of-pull-requests/about-protected-branches.md
+++ b/content/repositories/configuring-branches-and-merges-in-your-repository/defining-the-mergeability-of-pull-requests/about-protected-branches.md
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ By default, protected branch rules do not apply to people with admin permissions
 You can enable branch restrictions if your repository is owned by an organization using {% data variables.product.prodname_team %} or {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_cloud %}.
 {% endif %}
 
-When you enable branch restrictions, only users, teams, or apps that have been given permission can push to the protected branch. You can view and edit the users, teams, or apps with push access to a protected branch in the protected branch's settings.
+When you enable branch restrictions, only users, teams, or apps that have been given permission can push to the protected branch. You can view and edit the users, teams, or apps with push access to a protected branch in the protected branch's settings. When status checks are required, the people, teams, and apps that have permission to push to a protected branch will still be prevented from merging if the required checks fail. People, teams, and apps that have permission to push to a protected branch will still need to create a pull request when pull requests are required.
 
 You can only give push access to a protected branch to users, teams, or installed {% data variables.product.prodname_github_apps %} with write access to a repository. People and apps with admin permissions to a repository are always able to push to a protected branch.