diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
index 0789ab825..f82f3e27f 100644
--- a/.github/pull_request_template.md
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md
@@ -1,9 +1,21 @@
 <!--
-Before you submit a pull request, please make sure you've run the following commands from the root directory.
+## Before submiting a pull request
+
+Please make sure you've run the following commands from the root directory.
 
 go vet ./...
 go fmt ./...
 go generate ./...
 go mod tidy
-!-->
 
+## Release changelog section
+
+Help keep the release changelog clear by pre-naming the proper section in the GitHub pull request title.
+
+Some examples:
+* CICD: Add required GHA permissions for goreleaser
+* DOCS: Fixed providers with "contributor support" table
+* ROUTE53: Allow R53_ALIAS records to enable target health evaluation
+
+More examples/context can be found in the file .goreleaser.yml under the 'build' > 'changelog' key.
+!-->
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index a181427b6..f92d6db0d 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -35,11 +35,20 @@ changelog:
     - title: 'Provider-specific changes:'
       regexp: "(?i)((akamaiedge|autodns|axfrd|azure|azure_private_dns|bind|cloudflare|cloudflareapi_old|cloudns|cscglobal|desec|digitalocean|dnsimple|dnsmadeeasy|doh|domainnameshop|easyname|exoscale|gandi|gcloud|gcore|hedns|hetzner|hexonet|hostingde|inwx|linode|loopia|luadns|msdns|mythicbeasts|namecheap|namedotcom|netcup|netlify|ns1|opensrs|oracle|ovh|packetframe|porkbun|powerdns|route53|rwth|softlayer|transip|vultr).*:)+.*"
       order: 2
+    - title: 'Documentation:'
+      regexp: "(?i)^.*(docs)[(\\w)]*:+.*$"
+      order: 3
+    - title: 'CI/CD:'
+      regexp: "(?i)^.*(build|ci|cicd)[(\\w)]*:+.*$"
+      order: 4
+    - title: 'Dependencies:'
+      regexp: "(?i)^.*Build\(deps\)*:+.*$|(?i)^.*update deps+.*$"
+      order: 5
+    - title: 'Other changes and improvements:'
+      order: 9
     - title: 'Deprecation warnings:'
       regexp: "(?i)^.*Deprecate[(\\w)]*:+.*$"
       order: 10
-    - title: 'Other changes and improvements:'
-      order: 9
   filters:
     exclude:
     - '^test:'