diff --git a/hips/hip-0012.md b/hips/hip-0012.md
index e31f22d65..ee970d38a 100644
--- a/hips/hip-0012.md
+++ b/hips/hip-0012.md
@@ -103,6 +103,14 @@ Intended to minimize the friction required for implementing small, functional ch
 And to allow categorization of changes specific to the Helm 4 process and changes.
 As well as to avoid feature development from Github issues.
 
+Helm 4 HIP pull requests should be prefixed with `H4HIP: ` in the PR title, and the `helm-version` included in the HIP's initial metadata section:
+```
+---
+hip: <HIP number>
+...
+helm-version: "4"
+```
+
 ### Compatibility
 
 Even though Helm 4 is a major version release not bound by [HIP-0004](./hip-0004.md) compatibility guarantees, it must remain largely feature/functionality compatible with Helm 3.