diff --git a/content/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file.md b/content/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file.md
index 6dac2d6611..70fca0625e 100644
--- a/content/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file.md
+++ b/content/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file.md
@@ -366,7 +366,9 @@ updates:
 
 ### `commit-message`
 
-By default, {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot %} attempts to detect your commit message preferences and use similar patterns. Use the `commit-message` option to specify your preferences explicitly.
+By default, {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot %} attempts to detect your commit message preferences and use similar patterns. Use the `commit-message` option to specify your preferences explicitly. This setting also impacts PR titles.
+
+PR titles are always populated based on the commit messages, explicitly set or auto-detected from the repo history.
 
 Supported options
 
@@ -376,7 +378,7 @@ Supported options
 
 {% endnote %}
 
-* `prefix` specifies a prefix for all commit messages.
+* `prefix` specifies a prefix for all commit messages and it will also be added to the start of the PR title.
    When you specify a prefix for commit messages, {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} will automatically add a colon between the defined prefix and the commit message provided the defined prefix ends with a letter, number, closing parenthesis, or closing bracket. This means that, for example, if you end the prefix with a whitespace, there will be no colon added between the prefix and the commit message.
    The code snippet below provides examples of both in the same configuration file.