diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index e4abc915..9e62a75b 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -56,5 +56,11 @@ There are two situations in which we create manual PRs to update translations:
 
 * [ ] Bump minor version number in `package.json`
 
-* **Update scratch-blocks dependency**
-  * scratch-blocks has its own translations. It will not pick up the new language unless the scratch-l10n dependency in `package.json` is updated to the new minor version.
+* [ ] **Update scratch-blocks dependency**
+    * scratch-blocks has its own translations. It will not pick up the new language unless the scratch-l10n dependency in `package.json` is updated to the new minor version.
+
+* [ ] **Add language po files to scratchr2_translations**
+    * manually update `scratchr2_translations/legacy` with `tx pull -l <locale>` and check in changes
+
+* [ ] **Add language to scratchr2 settings**
+    * manually update `settings/base.py` with the new language