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@@ -137,9 +137,14 @@ Some useful pull request queries:
 [`S-Controversial`]: https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/pulls?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Apr+label%3AS-Controversial
 [`D-Complex`]: https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/pulls?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Apr+label%3AD-Complex
 
-### Preparing Releases
+### Prioritizing PRs and issues
 
-We track issues and pull requests that must be included in releases using [Milestones](https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/milestones).
+We use [Milestones](https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/milestones) to track issues and PRs that:
+
+* Need to be merged/fixed before the next release. This is generally for extremely bad bugs i.e. UB or important functionality being broken.
+* Would have higher user impact and are almost ready to be merged/fixed.
+
+There are also two priority labels: [`P-Critical`](https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3AP-Critical) and [`P-High`](https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3AP-High) that can be used to find issues and PRs that need to be resolved urgently.
 
 ## Making changes to Bevy