Sync changes from upstream repository

Hubot · Hubot · commit b4ef604c71e2 · 2015-05-13T23:30:37.000Z
diff --git a/content/v3.md b/content/v3.md
@@ -416,15 +416,16 @@ higher rate limit for your OAuth application.
 
 ### Abuse Rate Limits
 
-To prevent abuse, additional rate limits apply to some endpoints that
-create content. This rate limit applies to the creation of new content
-over a period of time. These rate limits do not apply to private repositories
-or GitHub Enterprise installations.
+To protect the quality of service from GitHub, additional rate limits may apply to some actions.
+For example, rapidly creating content, polling aggressively instead of using webhooks,
+making API calls with a high concurrency, or repeatedly requesting data that is computationally expensive
+may result in abuse rate limiting. These rate limits do not apply to GitHub Enterprise installations.
 
 It is not intended for this rate limit to interfere with any legitimate use of
 the API. Your normal [rate limits](/v3/#rate-limiting) should be the only
 limit you target. Please [contact support][abuse-support] if your use is affected by
-this rate limit.
+this rate limit. To ensure you're acting as a good API citizen, check out our
+[Best Practices guidelines](/guides/best-practices-for-integrators/).
 
 If your application triggers this rate limit, you'll receive an informative
 response:
