diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 843f9e39ae..c7c04fc9f8 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -49,9 +49,14 @@ for inclusion in xen-unstable.
 Please see http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_Maintenance_Releases for more
 information.
 
-Remember to copy the appropriate stable branch maintainer who will be
-listed in this section of the MAINTAINERS file in the appropriate
-branch.
+Remember to copy the stable branch maintainer. The maintainer for this
+branch is:
+
+	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
+
+Tools backport requests should also be copied to:
+
+	Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@eu.citrix.com>
 
 	Unstable Subsystem Maintainers
 	==============================