From 99e20713fdfd44450a7bbaf3f1b9f916fb309ea1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hugo van Kemenade <hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 17:26:30 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Docs: link to easy issues in contributing guide

---
 CONTRIBUTING.rst | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index e72cbfe24..262396728 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ Fix bugs
 --------
 
 Look through the `GitHub issues for bugs <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/labels/type:%20bug>`_.
+See also the `"status: easy" issues <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/labels/status%3A%20easy>`_
+that are friendly to new contributors.
 
 :ref:`Talk <contact>` to developers to find out how you can fix specific bugs. To indicate that you are going
 to work on a particular issue, add a comment to that effect on the specific issue.