diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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@@ -217,4 +217,6 @@ We use Github's regular PR workflow. Basically fork the repo, push your commits,
 If you're a core contributor and have write access to the repo, you should submit your pull requests from a branch
 rather than a personal fork. The naming convention for these branches should be:
 
-* `(feature|hotfix)/[identifier]`
\ No newline at end of file
+* `(feature|hotfix|docs)/[identifier]`
+or
+* an autogenerated branch name from a Github issue (On an issue without a PR, look under the "Development" sidebar heading for a "create a branch link")