diff --git a/site/content/docs/main/code-standards.md b/site/content/docs/main/code-standards.md
index 6e18f0c6d..a6dfa12c6 100644
--- a/site/content/docs/main/code-standards.md
+++ b/site/content/docs/main/code-standards.md
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ changelog.
 
 Add that to the PR.
 
-If a PR does not warrant a changelog, the CI check for a changelog can be skipped by applying a `changelog-not-required` label on the PR.
+If a PR does not warrant a changelog, the CI check for a changelog can be skipped by applying a `changelog-not-required` label on the PR. If you are making a PR on a release branch, you should still make a new file in the `changelogs/unreleased` folder on the release branch for your change. 
 
-## Copyright header 
+## Copyright header
 
-Whenever a source code file is being modified, the copyright notice should be updated to our standard copyright notice. That is, it should read “Copyright the Velero contributors.” 
+Whenever a source code file is being modified, the copyright notice should be updated to our standard copyright notice. That is, it should read “Copyright the Velero contributors.”
 
 For new files, the entire copyright and license header must be added.
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Example:
     	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
     	corev1client "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
     	corev1listers "k8s.io/client-go/listers/core/v1"
-       
+
         velerov1api "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/apis/velero/v1"
         velerov1client "github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/pkg/generated/clientset/versioned/typed/velero/v1"
     )