diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b93035e..1ef91f5 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ ubuntu-dev-tools (0.144) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
       configured a custom builder that doesn't do source builds (LP: #1019817)
   * seeded-in-ubuntu Inform the user when we couldn't determine binary
     packages built by a source package, as it most recently FTBFS.
-  * request-backport: Avoid duplicate Reverse-Build-Deps when sources build
-    binaries of the same name.
+  * requestbackport:
+    - Avoid duplicate Reverse-Build-Deps when sources build binaries of the
+      same name.
+    - Explain that backports aren't to fix bugs.
 
- -- Stefano Rivera <stefanor@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:45:05 +0200
+ -- Stefano Rivera <stefanor@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:47:01 +0200
 
 ubuntu-dev-tools (0.143) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/doc/requestbackport.1 b/doc/requestbackport.1
index 5ee9eba..dca44fe 100644
--- a/doc/requestbackport.1
+++ b/doc/requestbackport.1
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ Display a help message and exit.
 
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR backportpackage (1),
-.BR reverse\-depends (1).
+.BR reverse\-depends (1),
+.BR https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBackports .
 
 .SH AUTHORS
 \fBreverse\-depends\fR and this manpage were written by Stefano Rivera
diff --git a/requestbackport b/requestbackport
index bff179b..5d1ee47 100755
--- a/requestbackport
+++ b/requestbackport
@@ -74,6 +74,16 @@ def determine_destinations(source, destination):
     return destinations
 
 
+def disclaimer():
+    print ("Ubuntu's backports are not for fixing bugs in stable releases, "
+           "but for bringing new features to older, stable releases.")
+    print ("See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBackports for the Ubuntu "
+           "Backports policy and processes.")
+    print ("See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates for the process "
+           "for fixing bugs in stable releases.")
+    confirmation_prompt()
+
+
 def check_existing(package, destinations):
     """Search for possible existing bug reports"""
     # The LP bug search is indexed, not substring:
@@ -289,6 +299,8 @@ def main():
         Logger.error(str(e))
         sys.exit(1)
 
+    disclaimer()
+
     check_existing(package, destinations)
 
     package_spph = locate_package(package, options.source)