diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
index ef540865ad22e3b78352007c5b0f1c05f5a3e2b1..a9ef00509c9b186d2c7818cec835933352acf909 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ openssl & libcrypto    1.0.0            openssl version
 bc                     1.06.95          bc --version
 Sphinx\ [#f1]_         1.7              sphinx-build --version
 cpio                   any              cpio --version
+gtags (optional)       6.6.5            gtags --version
 ====================== ===============  ========================================
 
 .. [#f1] Sphinx is needed only to build the Kernel documentation
@@ -174,6 +175,12 @@ You will need openssl to build kernels 3.7 and higher if module signing is
 enabled.  You will also need openssl development packages to build kernels 4.3
 and higher.
 
+gtags / GNU GLOBAL (optional)
+-----------------------------
+
+The kernel build requires GNU GLOBAL version 6.6.5 or later to generate
+tag files through ``make gtags``.  This is due to its use of the gtags
+``-C (--directory)`` flag.
 
 System utilities
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