diff --git a/_build/maintainer_guide.rst b/_build/maintainer_guide.rst
index 7eff3143941..f5913a8e811 100644
--- a/_build/maintainer_guide.rst
+++ b/_build/maintainer_guide.rst
@@ -335,6 +335,23 @@ in the tree as follows:
     $ git push origin
     $ git push upstream
 
+Merging in the wrong branch
+...........................
+
+A Pull Request was made against ``5.x`` but it should be merged in ``5.1`` and you
+forgot to merge as ``gh merge NNNNN -s 5.1`` to change the merge branch. Solution:
+
+.. code-block:: terminal
+
+    $ git checkout 5.1
+    $ git cherry-pick <SHA OF YOUR MERGE COMMIT> -m 1
+    $ git checkout 5.x
+    $ git revert <SHA OF YOUR MERGE COMMIT> -m 1
+    # now continue with the normal "upmerging"
+    $ git checkout 5.2
+    $ git merge 5.1
+    $ ...
+
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