diff --git a/lib/config/definitions.js b/lib/config/definitions.js
index d686f8ba84e36b0e4f06255013060b7dfb20d4b7..4893f2444209b7ee948e66d57262c3a50fa406e1 100644
--- a/lib/config/definitions.js
+++ b/lib/config/definitions.js
@@ -60,14 +60,12 @@ const options = [
     name: 'timezone',
     description:
       '[IANA Time Zone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones)',
-    stage: 'package',
     type: 'string',
   },
   {
     name: 'schedule',
     description: 'Times of day/week to renovate',
     type: 'list',
-    stage: 'package',
     cli: false,
     env: false,
   },
diff --git a/lib/config/templates/default/pr-body.hbs b/lib/config/templates/default/pr-body.hbs
index ff1571cdcddeb6dc9286d5c8780a2c828f92d8f3..1568e130d8b5870917f2a836070bd252e2a97cc0 100644
--- a/lib/config/templates/default/pr-body.hbs
+++ b/lib/config/templates/default/pr-body.hbs
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 This {{#if isGitHub}}Pull{{else}}Merge{{/if}} Request updates dependency [{{depName}}]({{repositoryUrl}}) from version `{{currentVersion}}` to `{{newVersion}}`
 {{#if releases.length}}
 
+{{#if schedule}}
+**Note**: This PR was created on a configured schedule ("{{schedule}}"{{#if timezone}} in timezone `{{timezone}}`{{/if}}) and will not receive updates outside those times.
+{{/if}}
+
 ### Commits
 
 <details>
diff --git a/lib/config/templates/group/pr-body.hbs b/lib/config/templates/group/pr-body.hbs
index d520fa25f8bdda39f85be35917151927f10ea537..85e1f08c407683c3589f3d023fc9c2fb451d55bf 100644
--- a/lib/config/templates/group/pr-body.hbs
+++ b/lib/config/templates/group/pr-body.hbs
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 This {{#if isGitHub}}Pull{{else}}Merge{{/if}} Request renovates the package group "{{groupName}}".
 
+{{#if schedule}}
+**Note**: This PR was created on a configured schedule ("{{schedule}}"{{#if timezone}} in timezone `{{timezone}}`{{/if}}) and will not receive updates outside those times.
+{{/if}}
+
 {{#each upgrades as |upgrade|}}
 -   [{{upgrade.depName}}]({{upgrade.repositoryUrl}}): from `{{upgrade.currentVersion}}` to `{{upgrade.newVersion}}`
 {{/each}}
diff --git a/test/workers/package/__snapshots__/index.spec.js.snap b/test/workers/package/__snapshots__/index.spec.js.snap
index 95d4a96df920a2c69919741d9c2df6ae564750ab..7253590adf87e880c654ce4d28801fd33b747e63 100644
--- a/test/workers/package/__snapshots__/index.spec.js.snap
+++ b/test/workers/package/__snapshots__/index.spec.js.snap
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 exports[`lib/workers/package/index findUpgrades(config) returns array if upgrades found 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "timezone",
+  "schedule",
   "semanticCommits",
   "semanticPrefix",
   "recreateClosed",