diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/automerger/DownstreamCreator.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/automerger/DownstreamCreator.java
index 65b65c8..d03c744 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/automerger/DownstreamCreator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/automerger/DownstreamCreator.java
@@ -555,11 +555,6 @@
   private void automergeChanges(ChangeInfo change, RevisionInfo revisionInfo)
       throws RestApiException, IOException, ConfigInvalidException, InvalidQueryParameterException,
           OrmException {
-    if (revisionInfo.draft != null && revisionInfo.draft) {
-      log.debug("Patchset {} is draft change, ignoring.", revisionInfo.commit.commit);
-      return;
-    }
-
     String currentRevision = revisionInfo.commit.commit;
     log.debug(
         "Handling patchsetevent with change id {} and revision {}", change.id, currentRevision);
diff --git a/src/main/resources/Documentation/about.md b/src/main/resources/Documentation/about.md
index dc9aa32..13f69f8 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/Documentation/about.md
+++ b/src/main/resources/Documentation/about.md
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 conflicting merge, it will vote -1 on a configurable label
 and provide instructions to resolving the merge conflict.
 
-Draft changes will be ignored until published.
-
 The plugin will put all the auto-created changes in the
 same topic as the original change (or create a topic if
 none exists). If a user updates the topic, it will update
@@ -18,4 +16,4 @@
 
 A UI button "Recreate automerges" has been added so that users can skip
 downstream merges. Unchecking a branch's checkbox will skip that branch and
-all automerges downstream of that branch.
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+all automerges downstream of that branch.