diff --git a/doc/source/project/organization.rst b/doc/source/project/organization.rst
index ea4db08f086..3ac52239d18 100644
--- a/doc/source/project/organization.rst
+++ b/doc/source/project/organization.rst
@@ -97,10 +97,12 @@ Direct Commit Access
 
 A *committer* may only commit directly to the Galaxy repository (i.e. outside of
 a pull request and not following the procedures described below) the following
-two categories of changes:
+four categories of changes:
 
 * Patches for serious security vulnerabilities.
 * Cherry-picking and/or merging of existing approved commits to other branches.
+* Everything under packages/.
+* Release notes and changelogs.
 
 
 Release branches