diff --git a/doc/contributing/reviewing-contributions.chapter.md b/doc/contributing/reviewing-contributions.chapter.md
index b4caf11f6d4b..10c72fe3d13e 100644
--- a/doc/contributing/reviewing-contributions.chapter.md
+++ b/doc/contributing/reviewing-contributions.chapter.md
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ Sample template for a package update review is provided below.
 - [ ] package build on ARCHITECTURE
 - [ ] executables tested on ARCHITECTURE
 - [ ] all depending packages build
+- [ ] patches have a comment describing either the upstream URL or a reason why the patch wasn't upstreamed
+- [ ] patches that are remotely available are fetched rather than vendored
 
 ##### Possible improvements
 
@@ -105,7 +107,8 @@ Sample template for a new package review is provided below.
 - [ ] source is fetched using the appropriate function
 - [ ] the list of `phases` is not overridden
 - [ ] when a phase (like `installPhase`) is overridden it starts with `runHook preInstall` and ends with `runHook postInstall`.
-- [ ] patches that are remotely available are fetched with `fetchpatch`
+- [ ] patches have a comment describing either the upstream URL or a reason why the patch wasn't upstreamed
+- [ ] patches that are remotely available are fetched rather than vendored
 
 ##### Possible improvements