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@@ -209,3 +209,9 @@ Join us on IRC at #pipewire on [OFTC](https://www.oftc.net/).
 We adhere to the Contributor Covenant for our [code of conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
 
 [Donate using Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/PipeWire/donate).
+
+## Getting help
+
+You can ask for help on the IRC channel (see above).  You can also ask
+questions by [raising](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/issues/new)
+a gitlab issue.