diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt
index 042a0273b8bab819ac77e22d0274805c428aad52..b7ba01ad1426cfdb61ede7e68860087df4606a86 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ I. For patch submitters
 
        devicetree@vger.kernel.org
 
+  3) The Documentation/ portion of the patch should come in the series before
+     the code implementing the binding.
+
 II. For kernel maintainers
 
   1) If you aren't comfortable reviewing a given binding, reply to it and ask