diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 419ce58e..97e24546 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ script:
     - "[ $(make fmt | wc -l) == 0 ]"
     - make all
     - make test
+    - bash ./scripts/travis-doc-check.sh
 before_deploy:
     - make docs
     - make container TAG=$TRAVIS_TAG
diff --git a/scripts/travis-doc-check.sh b/scripts/travis-doc-check.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c85a8104
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/travis-doc-check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+services=( auth checkin decision event mail notifications registration rsvp stat upload user )
+
+if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" != "false" ] ; then
+    # get all changed files in PR
+    changed_files=`git diff --name-only $TRAVIS_BRANCH...HEAD`
+
+    # figure out which services might be a problem
+    n_changed_services=0
+    changed_services_list=""
+    for service in ${services[*]} ; do
+	service_upper=${service^}
+	
+	# check if any file in the service has been changed and if the doc page has not been changed
+	if [[ $changed_files =~ "services/${service}" ]] \
+	       && ! [[ $changed_files =~ "documentation/docs/reference/services/${service_upper}.md" ]]; then
+	    n_changed_services=$(($n_changed_services + 1))
+	    changed_services_list="${changed_services_list}- [${service_upper}](https://github.com/HackIllinois/api/blob/master/documentation/docs/reference/services/${service_upper}.md)\n"
+	fi
+    done
+
+    pr_message="It looks like your PR makes changes to the following services, but does not include changes \
+to the corresponding documentation:\n${changed_services_list}\nIf your changes do not require documentation \
+updates, feel free to ignore this message."
+
+    if (( $n_changed_services > 0 )); then
+	echo "a service has changed"
+	curl -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN" -X POST -d "{\"body\": \"${pr_message}\"}" "https://api.github.com/repos/\
+${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG}/issues/${TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST}/comments"
+    fi
+fi