diff --git a/DOCS/tech/patches.txt b/DOCS/tech/patches.txt
index f30fbcd514..aeb5b09d72 100644
--- a/DOCS/tech/patches.txt
+++ b/DOCS/tech/patches.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ outdated patches.
 6. If you implement new features, add or change command line switches or modify
    the behavior of existing features, please do not forget to also update the
    documentation. The documentation maintainers will assist you in doing this.
+   Updating the English documentation is enough. If you speak several languages
+   you are of course welcome to update others as well.
    
 7. Send your patch to the mplayer-dev-eng mailing list as a base64-encoded
    attachment (use gzip or bzip2 *only* if it's bigger than 80k or if you know