diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 524f82433d..c17e3b2399 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ run-time:
 ./scripts-dev/lint.sh path/to/file1.py path/to/file2.py path/to/folder
 ```
 
+You can also provided the `-d` option, which will lint the files that have been
+changed since the last git commit. This will often be significantly faster than
+linting the whole codebase.
+
 Before pushing new changes, ensure they don't produce linting errors. Commit any
 files that were corrected.