From b3a087c468094eb144ab3114aff06838c8fb06ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrice Chalin <chalin@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2024 10:05:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Contributing > issues: clarify issue-assignment policy
 (#5362)

---
 content/en/docs/contributing/issues.md | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/content/en/docs/contributing/issues.md b/content/en/docs/contributing/issues.md
index 2bbd66985000..37442bd9d135 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/contributing/issues.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/contributing/issues.md
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ One of the best ways to help make OTel docs better is to fix an existing issue.
    <!-- prettier-ignore -->
    > **NOTE**: we **_do not_ assign issues** to those who
    > have not already made contributions to the [OpenTelemetry
-   > organization][org].
+   > organization][org], unless part of a mentorship or onboarding
+   > process.
    {.mt-3}
 
    <!-- prettier-ignore -->