diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 4ff6bdb70..34cce9ff3 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
       "bump-minor-pre-major": false,
       "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": false,
       "draft": false,
-      "prerelease": false
+      "prerelease": false,
+      "pull-request-footer": "Merging this PR will deploy these APIv2 changes to production. [See the docs](https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/cryoet-data-portal-backend/blob/main/apiv2/README.md#updating-stagingprod) for more information"
     }
   },
   "$schema": "https://github.com/raw/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}