diff --git a/pep-0512.txt b/pep-0512.txt
index 014461bcb..86c210731 100644
--- a/pep-0512.txt
+++ b/pep-0512.txt
@@ -788,6 +788,13 @@ handled. With a cherry-picking workflow, the main commit could
 proceed while postponing the merge-failing cherry-picks. This allows
 for possibly distributing the work of managing conflicting merges.
 
+Lastly, cherry-picking should help avoid merge races. Currently, when
+one is doing work that spans branches, it takes time to commit in the
+older branch, possibly push to another clone representing the
+``default`` branch, merge the change, and then push upstream.
+Cherry-picking should decouple this so that you don't have to rush
+your multi-branch changes as the cherry-pick can be done separately.
+
 Deriving ``Misc/NEWS`` from the commit logs
 -------------------------------------------
 As part of the discussion surrounding `Handling Misc/NEWS`_, the