Makefile          | 16 ++++++++--------
 patches/README.md |  6 ++++++

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6b8772f4d70d2cfe4410b44d7dfeb2d3522a387f..5b8783f4bd85797478e4a2abfe67ffc392641b00 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -312,28 +312,28 @@ 	$(RM) -f $(BIN) nnn-$(VERSION).tar.gz *.sig $(BIN)-static $(BIN)-static-$(VERSION).x86_64.tar.gz $(BIN)-icons-static $(BIN)-icons-static-$(VERSION).x86_64.tar.gz $(BIN)-nerd-static $(BIN)-nerd-static-$(VERSION).x86_64.tar.gz $(BIN)-emoji-static $(BIN)-emoji-static-$(VERSION).x86_64.tar.gz $(BIN)-musl-static $(BIN)-musl-static-$(VERSION).x86_64.tar.gz
 
 prepatch:
 ifeq ($(strip $(O_NAMEFIRST)),1)
-	patch --forward --strip=1 --input=$(NAMEFIRST)/mainline.diff
+	patch --forward --merge --strip=1 --input=$(NAMEFIRST)/mainline.diff
 ifeq ($(strip $(O_GITSTATUS)),1)
-	patch --forward --strip=1 --input=$(GITSTATUS)/namefirst.diff
+	patch --forward --merge --strip=1 --input=$(GITSTATUS)/namefirst.diff
 endif
 else ifeq ($(strip $(O_GITSTATUS)),1)
-	patch --forward --strip=1 --input=$(GITSTATUS)/mainline.diff
+	patch --forward --merge --strip=1 --input=$(GITSTATUS)/mainline.diff
 endif
 ifeq ($(strip $(O_RESTOREPREVIEW)),1)
-	patch --forward --strip=1 --input=$(RESTOREPREVIEW)/mainline.diff
+	patch --forward --merge --strip=1 --input=$(RESTOREPREVIEW)/mainline.diff
 endif
 
 postpatch:
 ifeq ($(strip $(O_NAMEFIRST)),1)
 ifeq ($(strip $(O_GITSTATUS)),1)
-	patch --reverse --strip=1 --input=$(GITSTATUS)/namefirst.diff
+	patch --merge --reverse --strip=1 --input=$(GITSTATUS)/namefirst.diff
 endif
-	patch --reverse --strip=1 --input=$(NAMEFIRST)/mainline.diff
+	patch --merge --reverse --strip=1 --input=$(NAMEFIRST)/mainline.diff
 else ifeq ($(strip $(O_GITSTATUS)),1)
-	patch --reverse --strip=1 --input=$(GITSTATUS)/mainline.diff
+	patch --merge --reverse --strip=1 --input=$(GITSTATUS)/mainline.diff
 endif
 ifeq ($(strip $(O_RESTOREPREVIEW)),1)
-	patch --reverse --strip=1 --input=$(RESTOREPREVIEW)/mainline.diff
+	patch --merge --reverse --strip=1 --input=$(RESTOREPREVIEW)/mainline.diff
 endif
 
 skip: ;
diff --git a/patches/README.md b/patches/README.md
index eb8cebd2ba0d5c6a4ff8a8e8818ea641c46ea68f..dc64e57e49860085f8ea3924fc860f2ad56c6a98 100644
--- a/patches/README.md
+++ b/patches/README.md
@@ -14,3 +14,9 @@
 To apply a patch, use the corresponding make variable, e.g.:
 
     make O_NAMEFIRST=1
+
+Whenever patch conflicts occur on the latest master, pull requests resolving them are welcome. Let's say a conflict occurs in the `restorepreview` patch. The best way to resolve this conflict would be something along the lines of:
+
+- Ensure you're on latest master and run `cp src/nnn.c src/nnn.c.orig && make O_RESTOREPREVIEW=1`. This will save a copy of the source from master in `src/nnn.c.orig` and generate conflict markers in `src/nnn.c`.
+- Next edit `src.nnn`, resolve all the conflicts around the conflict markers(`<<<<<<<`), and save.
+- Then run `diff -u src/nnn.c.orig src/nnn.c > patch.diff` to generate the new patch file and copy the contents to `patches/restorepreview/mainline.diff` (keeping the description comment at the start of the file).