[PATCH v2 3/5] docs: reporting-issues: add conclusion to the step-by-step guide

From: Thorsten Leemhuis

Date: Tue Mar 17 2026 - 08:33:47 EST


Text based on a section
Documentation/admin-guide/verify-bugs-and-bisect-regressions.rst
and slightly improved after review feedback.

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst
index 9f9c5db25a6c1a..aa058b295c5f33 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst
@@ -241,6 +241,20 @@ kernels regularly rebased on those. If that is the case, follow these steps:
The reference section below explains each of these steps in more detail.


+Conclusion of the step-by-step guide
+------------------------------------
+
+Did you run into trouble following the step-by-step guide not cleared up by the
+reference section below? Did you spot errors? Or do you have ideas on how to
+improve the guide?
+
+If any of that applies, please let the developers know by sending a short note
+or a patch to Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> while ideally CCing the
+public Linux docs mailing list <linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. Such feedback is
+vital to improve this text further, which is in everybody's interest, as it will
+enable more people to master the task described here.
+
+
Reference section: Reporting issues to the kernel maintainers
=============================================================

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