diff --git a/hack/update-vendor.sh b/hack/update-vendor.sh
index ef2c0c47de3..35b1ef22c49 100755
--- a/hack/update-vendor.sh
+++ b/hack/update-vendor.sh
@@ -366,3 +366,5 @@ cat <<__EOF__ > "vendor/OWNERS"
 approvers:
 - dep-approvers
 __EOF__
+
+kube::log::status "NOTE: don't forget to handle vendor/* files that were added or removed"