diff --git a/docs/usage/getting-started/installing-onboarding.md b/docs/usage/getting-started/installing-onboarding.md
index 3d307f4c63f24b951054af3370e25fc4adf26441..4e3f9422578d97913c974485c6b8f3096cacebf5 100644
--- a/docs/usage/getting-started/installing-onboarding.md
+++ b/docs/usage/getting-started/installing-onboarding.md
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ If you want to make config edits directly, follow these steps:
 1. Validate your config by running `renovate-config-validator`
 1. If the improved config passes the validation, merge the branch into your mainline branch
 
+You can configure a [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com) hook to validate your configuration automatically.
+Please check out the [`renovatebot/pre-commit-hooks` repository](https://github.com/renovatebot/pre-commit-hooks) for more information.
+
 ### Nuke config and re-onboard
 
 Perhaps you really liked the interactive onboarding PR and want to use it again.