diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 6ecca78e05..383bec81f6 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ Contributing
 
 Symfony2 is an open source, community-driven project. If you'd like to contribute,
 please read the [Contributing Code][1] part of the documentation. If you're submitting
-a pull request, please follow the guidelines in the [Submitting a Patch][2] section.
+a pull request, please follow the guidelines in the [Submitting a Patch][2] section
+and use the [Pull Request Template][3].
 
 [1]: http://symfony.com/doc/current/contributing/code/index.html
 [2]: http://symfony.com/doc/current/contributing/code/patches.html#check-list
+[3]: http://symfony.com/doc/current/contributing/code/patches.html#make-a-pull-request
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9e49f11a73..d5baf98f80 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,10 +35,12 @@ Contributing
 
 Symfony2 is an open source, community-driven project. If you'd like to contribute,
 please read the [Contributing Code][4] part of the documentation. If you're submitting
-a pull request, please follow the guidelines in the [Submitting a Patch][5] section.
+a pull request, please follow the guidelines in the [Submitting a Patch][5] section
+and use [Pull Request Template][6].
 
 [1]: http://symfony.com/download
 [2]: http://symfony.com/get_started
 [3]: http://symfony.com/doc/current/
 [4]: http://symfony.com/doc/current/contributing/code/index.html
 [5]: http://symfony.com/doc/current/contributing/code/patches.html#check-list
+[6]: http://symfony.com/doc/current/contributing/code/patches.html#make-a-pull-request