diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index fe3ff9efe6e..5d2242f69b6 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -15,3 +15,10 @@ repos:
     rev: 5.9.3
     hooks:
     -   id: isort
+
+- repo: https://github.com/alessandrojcm/commitlint-pre-commit-hook
+  rev: v2.2.0
+  hooks:
+      - id: commitlint
+        stages: [commit-msg]
+        additional_dependencies: ['@commitlint/config-conventional']
diff --git a/docs/community/developer_docs.rst b/docs/community/developer_docs.rst
index 6b0e6c1dfda..e8721664514 100644
--- a/docs/community/developer_docs.rst
+++ b/docs/community/developer_docs.rst
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ You can install them by simply running:
 
     pre-commit install
 
+Install the `commit-msg` hook if you want to check your commit messages in your
+contributions:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    pre-commit install --hook-type commit-msg
+
+
 The last step is to build the static UI files in case you want to work on the UI:
 
 .. code-block:: bash