diff --git a/maintainers/README.md b/maintainers/README.md
index 36d40a0ab..618bfb4e4 100644
--- a/maintainers/README.md
+++ b/maintainers/README.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Meeting notes are collected on a [collaborative scratchpad](https://pad.lassul.u
 
 The team uses a [GitHub project board](https://github.com/orgs/NixOS/projects/19/views/1) for tracking its work.
 
-Issues on the board progress through the following states:
+Items on the board progress through the following states:
 
 - No Status
 
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ Issues on the board progress through the following states:
 
   If there is disagreement on the general idea behind an issue or pull request, it is moved to _To discuss_, otherwise to _In review_.
 
+  To ensure process quality and reliability, all non-trivial pull requests must be triaged before merging.
+  What constitutes a trivial pull request is up to maintainers' judgement.
+
 - To discuss
 
   Pull requests and issues that are deemed important and controversial are discussed by the team during discussion meetings.