diff --git a/lib/tap.js b/lib/tap.js
index aec27d5..5e847ec 100644
--- a/lib/tap.js
+++ b/lib/tap.js
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ module.exports = class Tap extends Readable {
 
     if (this._failures) {
       this.write(`# fail  ${this._failures}`)
+      this.write('# Please review the commit message guidelines:')
+      this.write('# https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/HEAD/doc/contributing/pull-requests.md#commit-message-guidelines')
     }
 
     this.push(null)