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@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ your security fix.
 For example if the work is being done to release 13.4 version, then the backports should
 target: `13-4-stable-ee`, `13-3-stable-ee` and `13-2-stable-ee`.
 
+If the stable branch for the current release has not been created yet you will need to wait until [this is created](../release-candidates.md#release-candidates-creation) and then create the appropriate backport MR.
+
 With the backports, the total number of merge requests created for a single security fix is 4.
 
 Follow the guidelines in the [Security Merge Requests](#security-merge-requests) to make sure