Merge #8502

8502: internal: document review requesting etiquette r=matklad a=matklad

* don't feel obliged to quickly review every PR assigned to you
* so that other folks can notify you about interesting PRs without
  thinking to much about creating additional work for you

Co-authored-by: Aleksey Kladov <[email protected]>

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diff --git a/docs/dev/README.md b/docs/dev/README.md
index d0e6d29d8..7e4488a41 100644
--- a/docs/dev/README.md
+++ b/docs/dev/README.md
@@ -242,6 +242,9 @@ There are three sets of people with extra permissions:
   They also have direct commit access, but all changes should via bors queue.
   It's ok to self-approve if you think you know what you are doing!
   bors should automatically sync the permissions.
+  Feel free to request a review or assign any PR to a reviewer with the relevant expertise to bring the work to their attention.
+  Don't feel pressured to review assigned PRs though.
+  If you don't feel like reviewing for whatever reason, someone else will pick the review up!
 * [**triage**](https://github.com/orgs/rust-analyzer/teams/triage) team in the organization.
   This team can label and close issues.