diff --git a/requirements/edx-sandbox/base.txt b/requirements/edx-sandbox/base.txt
index 58f99d4222..6612d7ab2b 100644
--- a/requirements/edx-sandbox/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx-sandbox/base.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# DON'T JUST ADD NEW DEPENDENCIES!!!
+#
+# If you open a pull request that adds a new dependency, you should notify:
+#   * @jtauber - to check licensing
+#   * One of @e0d, @jarv, or @feanil - to check system requirements
+
 numpy==1.6.2
 networkx==1.7
 sympy==0.7.1
diff --git a/requirements/edx-sandbox/local.txt b/requirements/edx-sandbox/local.txt
index c21a50338a..8e1e5cb7f2 100644
--- a/requirements/edx-sandbox/local.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx-sandbox/local.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# DON'T JUST ADD NEW DEPENDENCIES!!!
+#
+# If you open a pull request that adds a new dependency, you should notify:
+#   * @jtauber - to check licensing
+#   * One of @e0d, @jarv, or @feanil - to check system requirements
+
 # Install these packages from the edx-platform working tree
 # NOTE: if you change code in these packages, you MUST change the version
 # number in its setup.py or the code WILL NOT be installed during deploy.
diff --git a/requirements/edx-sandbox/post.txt b/requirements/edx-sandbox/post.txt
index 218fdf307e..fbaf761da2 100644
--- a/requirements/edx-sandbox/post.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx-sandbox/post.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# DON'T JUST ADD NEW DEPENDENCIES!!!
+#
+# If you open a pull request that adds a new dependency, you should notify:
+#   * @jtauber - to check licensing
+#   * One of @e0d, @jarv, or @feanil - to check system requirements
+
 # Packages to install in the Python sandbox for secured execution.
 scipy==0.11.0
 lxml==3.0.1
diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.txt b/requirements/edx/base.txt
index f8f92983d8..388ad58676 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# DON'T JUST ADD NEW DEPENDENCIES!!!
+#
+# If you open a pull request that adds a new dependency, you should notify:
+#   * @jtauber - to check licensing
+#   * One of @e0d, @jarv, or @feanil - to check system requirements
+
 -r repo.txt
 
 beautifulsoup4==4.1.3
diff --git a/requirements/edx/github.txt b/requirements/edx/github.txt
index 4a4cde7ecc..143c60ce79 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/github.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/github.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# DON'T JUST ADD NEW DEPENDENCIES!!!
+#
+# If you open a pull request that adds a new dependency, you should notify:
+#   * @jtauber - to check licensing
+#   * One of @e0d, @jarv, or @feanil - to check system requirements
+
 # Python libraries to install directly from github
 
 # Third-party:
diff --git a/requirements/edx/post.txt b/requirements/edx/post.txt
index b637b65db0..402d80e621 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/post.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/post.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
+# DON'T JUST ADD NEW DEPENDENCIES!!!
+#
+# If you open a pull request that adds a new dependency, you should notify:
+#   * @jtauber - to check licensing
+#   * One of @e0d, @jarv, or @feanil - to check system requirements
+
 # This must be installed after distribute has been updated.
 MySQL-python==1.2.4
diff --git a/requirements/edx/pre.txt b/requirements/edx/pre.txt
index a8dff9bf9a..dd00da4e88 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/pre.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/pre.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# DON'T JUST ADD NEW DEPENDENCIES!!!
+#
+# If you open a pull request that adds a new dependency, you should notify:
+#   * @jtauber - to check licensing
+#   * One of @e0d, @jarv, or @feanil - to check system requirements
+
 # Numpy and scipy can't be installed in the same pip run.
 # Install numpy before other things to help resolve the problem.
 numpy==1.6.2