diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ Reporting bugs
 
 See [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/svaarala/duktape/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
+Security critical Github issues (for example anything leading to a segfault)
+are tagged `security`.
+
 Contributing
 ------------