From 451f93860ba458242cb1221b728203839ba6ff6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alenka Frim <frim.alenka@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2021 12:10:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add a tab for R bindings and a link to the bindings
 vignette

---
 .../guide/step_by_step/arrow_codebase.rst     | 24 ++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/source/developers/guide/step_by_step/arrow_codebase.rst b/docs/source/developers/guide/step_by_step/arrow_codebase.rst
index 7322ade80959..266b74823993 100644
--- a/docs/source/developers/guide/step_by_step/arrow_codebase.rst
+++ b/docs/source/developers/guide/step_by_step/arrow_codebase.rst
@@ -139,11 +139,23 @@ C++ we must create the binding manually to use it in that implementation.
 
       This also holds true for adding a test for the issue you have solved.
 
-   .. tab:: R package
+      **New feature**
 
-      .. - **Philosophy behind R bindings**
-      .. TODO
+      If you are adding a new future in Python you can look at
+      the :ref:`tutorial <python_tutorial>` for ideas.
 
-      .. #. New feature
-      ..   If you are adding a new future in R or Python you can check out
-      ..   our tutorials (link!) where we are adding a simple feature to Python and R.
\ No newline at end of file
+   .. tab:: R
+
+      **Philosophy behind R bindings**
+
+      When writing bindings between C++ compute functions and R functions,
+      the aim is to expose the C++ functionality via the same interface as
+      existing R functions.
+
+      To read the full content on the topic of R bindings read through the
+      `Writing Bindings article <https://arrow.apache.org/docs/r/articles/developers/bindings.html>`_
+      or run the following command in the R console to view the vignette:
+
+      .. code-block:: R
+
+         vignette("bindings", package = "arrow")

From 8f116f2b28261e0882a3fad55049fb542d926e74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alenka Frim <frim.alenka@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2021 12:33:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Remove the option to load a vignette

---
 .../developers/guide/step_by_step/arrow_codebase.rst       | 7 +------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/source/developers/guide/step_by_step/arrow_codebase.rst b/docs/source/developers/guide/step_by_step/arrow_codebase.rst
index 266b74823993..c5fad4a8dee9 100644
--- a/docs/source/developers/guide/step_by_step/arrow_codebase.rst
+++ b/docs/source/developers/guide/step_by_step/arrow_codebase.rst
@@ -153,9 +153,4 @@ C++ we must create the binding manually to use it in that implementation.
       existing R functions.
 
       To read the full content on the topic of R bindings read through the
-      `Writing Bindings article <https://arrow.apache.org/docs/r/articles/developers/bindings.html>`_
-      or run the following command in the R console to view the vignette:
-
-      .. code-block:: R
-
-         vignette("bindings", package = "arrow")
+      `Writing Bindings article <https://arrow.apache.org/docs/r/articles/developers/bindings.html>`_.