diff --git a/util/docker/coreboot.org-status/board-status.html/foreword.html b/util/docker/coreboot.org-status/board-status.html/foreword.html
index 4d77c3f66e..b2d2822d9d 100644
--- a/util/docker/coreboot.org-status/board-status.html/foreword.html
+++ b/util/docker/coreboot.org-status/board-status.html/foreword.html
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ devices are well-tested.  We have
 <a href='https://review.coreboot.org/cgit/coreboot.git/tree/util/board_status'>a tool in the coreboot repository</a>
 to make contributing easy.  The data resides in the
 <a href='https://review.coreboot.org/gitweb/cgit/board-status.git'>board status repository</a>.
-Contributing requires an account on review.coreboot.org</p>
+Contributing requires an account on review.coreboot.org. After
+logging into the site with your preferred OpenID or GitHub/Google
+credentials, you can get a user name and password for git pushes on <a
+href="https://review.coreboot.org/settings/#HTTPCredentials">gerrit's
+settings screen</a>.</p>
 
 <p>Sometimes the same board is sold under different names, we've tried to
 list all known names but some names might be missing.</p>