diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
index ec925190..82c7e701 100644
--- a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 - click `Generate release notes` and replace the `What's Changed` info by a tagged link to `docs/whats-new.md`
 - if all is set, click `Publish release`
 - a release is created and the github action publishes it [on PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/dfm-tools)
-- post-release: commit+push `bumpversion patch` and `UNRELEASED` header in `docs/whats-new.md` to distinct between release and dev version
+- post-release: commit+push `bumpversion patch` and `UNRELEASED` header in `docs/whats-new.md` to distinguish between release and dev version
 
 ## What are all these packages for?
 
diff --git a/docs/whats-new.md b/docs/whats-new.md
index a881926e..62b27a14 100644
--- a/docs/whats-new.md
+++ b/docs/whats-new.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # What's new
 
+## UNRELEASED
+
+
 ## 0.31.0 (2024-10-28)
 
 ### Fix