diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
index 31ea120ce531c1e3928ab3757b7f330ed6ab1743..fb496b2ebfd38debaa18487d7e74b29babd76fdf 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
@@ -495,7 +495,8 @@ Using Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Reviewed-by:, Suggested-by: and Fixes:
 The Reported-by tag gives credit to people who find bugs and report them and it
 hopefully inspires them to help us again in the future.  Please note that if
 the bug was reported in private, then ask for permission first before using the
-Reported-by tag.
+Reported-by tag. The tag is intended for bugs; please do not use it to credit
+feature requests.
 
 A Tested-by: tag indicates that the patch has been successfully tested (in
 some environment) by the person named.  This tag informs maintainers that