diff --git a/lib/modules/platform/gitea/index.md b/lib/modules/platform/gitea/index.md
index 3484f92f48237b..deda35462257cd 100644
--- a/lib/modules/platform/gitea/index.md
+++ b/lib/modules/platform/gitea/index.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Let Renovate use your PAT by doing _one_ of the following:
 - Set your PAT when you run Renovate in the CLI with `--token=`
 
 Remember to set `platform=gitea` somewhere in your Renovate config file.
+Either the account should have full name and email address set to allow Renovate to estabilish Git identity, or the `gitAuthor` config option should be set.
 
 ## Unsupported platform features/concepts