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@@ -360,6 +360,23 @@ If your PR is trivial you can omit this process (but explain in the PR why you
 think it does not warrant an issue). Feel free to open a new issue (or new
 issues) when appropriate.
 
+### Pull request size
+
+Keep your pull requests small, write one pull request per feature, let
+the content of the pull request match the title of the pull request.
+
+To get merged, your pull request needs to be reviewed by two other
+contributors. Large pull requests are daunting to inspect, and the
+back-and-forth between the author and reviewer can get frustrating and
+difficult to follow.
+
+Split your pull requests in multiple ones if possible (e.g. a refactor
+and a feature implementation should go in two different pull requests).
+This is *especially* important for fixes which need to be backported:
+they must be in their own pull request and not get mixed with other code.
+
+Thorough reviews mean less regressions, keeping your pull requests small
+will improve Cabal codebase quality.
 
 ## Changelog