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 # Contribution Guidelines
 
-When contributing, please ...
+When contributing, please:
 - provide a clear and concise explanation of your pull request.
-- try to make small changes, ie, make many small pull requests as opposed to a single large pull request. This allows me to check your work more quickly, thus merge more quickly.
+- try to make small changes, ie, make many small pull requests as opposed to a single large pull request.
 - try to follow the patterns I've already established.
 
+Contributions to `README.md` should do some or all of the following:
+- add clarity
+- reduce complexity for the user
+- reduce verbosity
+- fix errors
+
 Thank you.