diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index e73715d7de..bed5cae81d 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -126,9 +126,9 @@ Public API diffs are stored as Verify snapshot files. After any public API chang
 
 ## Changelog
 
-- If the change is not user-facing, add `#skip-changelog` to the PR description
-- Otherwise generated automatically from [Commit message conventions](https://develop.sentry.dev/engineering-practices/commit-messages/).
-  - Do **NOT** add changelogs manually.
+- If the change is not user-facing, either write `#skip-changelog` to the PR description or add the `skip-changelog` label to the PR
+- Otherwise generated automatically from [Commit message conventions](https://develop.sentry.dev/engineering-practices/commit-messages/)
+  - Do **NOT** add changelogs manually
 
 ```sh
 # Get PR number for current branch
@@ -171,4 +171,4 @@ Prefer LSP over Grep/Read for code navigation — it's faster, precise, and avoi
 
 Use Grep only when LSP isn't available or for text/pattern searches (comments, strings, config).
 
-After writing or editing code, check LSP diagnostics and fix errors before proceeding.
\ No newline at end of file
+After writing or editing code, check LSP diagnostics and fix errors before proceeding.
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 12de28a4a7..008aca9983 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ Below that, you'll add heading 3 mentioned above. For example, if you're adding
 - Attach screenshots when capturing errors on WPF (#PR number)
 ```
 
-There's a GitHub action check to verify if an entry was added. If the entry isn't a user-facing change, you can skip the verification with `#skip-changelog` written to the PR description. The bot writes a comment in the PR with a suggestion entry to the changelog based on the PR title.
+There's a GitHub action check to verify if an entry was added.
+If the entry isn't a user-facing change, you can skip the verification with either `#skip-changelog` written to the PR description or the `skip-changelog` label added to the PR.
+The bot writes a comment in the PR with a suggestion entry to the changelog based on the PR title.
 
 ## Naming tests