diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 4e76cdc8f796831d5da588a7ad11dd203bf3bfd8..f801c3bc76e75c172b65e159ed806e66af559dc0 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ Descriptions of section entries:
 	N: Files and directories with regex patterns.
 	   N:	[^a-z]tegra	all files whose path contains the word tegra
 	   One pattern per line.  Multiple N: lines acceptable.
+	   scripts/get_maintainer.pl has different behavior for files that
+	   match F: pattern and matches of N: patterns.  By default,
+	   get_maintainer will not look at git log history when an F: pattern
+	   match occurs.  When an N: match occurs, git log history is used
+	   to also notify the people that have git commit signatures.
 	X: Files and directories that are NOT maintained, same rules as F:
 	   Files exclusions are tested before file matches.
 	   Can be useful for excluding a specific subdirectory, for instance: