diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.adoc b/CONTRIBUTING.adoc
index e1838b96..b0db4cd7 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.adoc
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.adoc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Before submitting a pull request, please make sure that:
 
 1. You've rebased your changes on top of the current `main` branch
-2. You've included the new directory in `settings.gradle`
+2. If you created a new top level directory: You've included the new directory in `settings.gradle`
 3. You've run `./gradlew updateInfrastructure`
 4. You've run `./gradlew :<name of the group>:<name of the smoke test>:build`