doc: clarify that PR commit Fixes: and Refs: are optional

Co-authored-by: Yagiz Nizipli <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Antoine du Hamel <[email protected]>

doc/contributing/pull-requests.md

@@ -184,6 +184,11 @@ A good commit message should describe what changed and why.
    of the log. Use the `Fixes:` prefix and the full issue URL. For other
    references use `Refs:`.
 
+   `Fixes:` and `Refs:` trailers get automatically added to your commit message
+   when the Pull Request lands as long as they are included in the
+   Pull Request's description. If the Pull Request lands in several commits,
+   by default the trailers found in the description are added to each commits.
+
    Examples:
 
    * `Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/1337`
@@ -594,4 +599,4 @@ More than one subsystem may be valid for any particular issue or pull request.
 [maintaining dependencies]: ./maintaining/maintaining-dependencies.md
 [nodejs/core-validate-commit]: https://github.com/nodejs/core-validate-commit/blob/main/lib/rules/subsystem.js
 [pull request template]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nodejs/node/HEAD/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
-[running tests]: ../../BUILDING.md#running-tests
+[running tests]: ../../BUILDING.md#running-tests