diff --git a/doc/developer.texi b/doc/developer.texi
index 7210207f82..7fa8179cc0 100644
--- a/doc/developer.texi
+++ b/doc/developer.texi
@@ -358,11 +358,6 @@ The tool is located in the tools directory.
 Run the @ref{Regression tests} before submitting a patch in order to verify
 it does not cause unexpected problems.
 
-Patches should be posted as base64 encoded attachments (or any other
-encoding which ensures that the patch will not be trashed during
-transmission) to the ffmpeg-devel mailing list, see
-@url{http://lists.ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel}
-
 It also helps quite a bit if you tell us what the patch does (for example
 'replaces lrint by lrintf'), and why (for example '*BSD isn't C99 compliant
 and has no lrint()')
@@ -370,6 +365,13 @@ and has no lrint()')
 Also please if you send several patches, send each patch as a separate mail,
 do not attach several unrelated patches to the same mail.
 
+Patches should be posted to the
+@uref{http://lists.ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel, ffmpeg-devel}
+mailing list. Use @code{git send-email} when possible since it will properly
+send patches without requiring extra care. If you cannot, then send patches
+as base64-encoded attachments, so your patch is not trashed during
+transmission.
+
 Your patch will be reviewed on the mailing list. You will likely be asked
 to make some changes and are expected to send in an improved version that
 incorporates the requests from the review. This process may go through