diff --git a/dev/README-dev.txt b/dev/README-dev.txt
index 04144931..eb781f11 100644
--- a/dev/README-dev.txt
+++ b/dev/README-dev.txt
@@ -1,16 +1,28 @@
-# Development tools to support KPhotoAlbum development
+Development tools to support KPhotoAlbum development
+====================================================
 
-## githooks
+
+dev/scripts
+-----------
+
+This directory contains scripts useful for developing kphotoalbum.
+
+Scripts that are also useful to power users should usually go to the top level
+scripts directory (e.g. kpa-backup.sh).
+
+
+dev/githooks
+------------
 
 You can enable these hooks using the following command:
 
 ````
 	git config core.hooksPath ./dev/githooks/
 ````
 
-Alternatively, you can copy the hooks into .git/hooks and manually keep them
+Alternatively, you can copy the hooks into `.git/hooks` and manually keep them
 updated if needed.
 
 About the hooks:
  - 01-pre-commit: this is the default pre-commit hook supplied with git
  - 02-check-copyright-header will remind you to update copyright headers
diff --git a/dev/scripts/neon-sync.sh b/dev/scripts/neon-sync.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..ba545e24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/scripts/neon-sync.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+# Sync the master branch with 5.x (the tracking branch for neon/dev-stable)
+
+echo "=== Updating Neon/dev-stable branch (5.x) ==="
+git checkout 5.x
+git pull
+git merge master
+git push
+git checkout master