diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index e734a3f0f1..d4173d4fe8 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -493,9 +493,13 @@ security relevant should not be submitted to the public mailing list
 mentioned below, but should instead be sent privately to the Git
 Security mailing list{security-ml-ref}.
 
+:contrib-scripts: footnoteref:[contrib-scripts,Scripts under `contrib/` are +
+not part of the core `git` binary and must be called directly. Clone the Git +
+codebase and run `perl contrib/contacts/git-contacts`.]
+
 Send your patch with "To:" set to the mailing list, with "cc:" listing
-people who are involved in the area you are touching (the `git
-contacts` command in `contrib/contacts/` can help to
+people who are involved in the area you are touching (the `git-contacts`
+script in `contrib/contacts/`{contrib-scripts} can help to
 identify them), to solicit comments and reviews.  Also, when you made
 trial merges of your topic to `next` and `seen`, you may have noticed
 work by others conflicting with your changes.  There is a good possibility