diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 68af63d..13c1a40 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 
 ## How to contribute
 
-We welcome community contributions to the project.  Contributions to the repo will be covered by the Apache CLA.  Please sign the CLA by commenting `I have read the CLA Document and I hereby sign the CLA` in the Pull Request. Contributions will be reviewed through pull requests.   
+We welcome community contributions to the project. Contributions to the repo will be covered by the Apache CLA. Please sign the CLA by commenting `I have read the CLA Document and I hereby sign the CLA` in the Pull Request. Contributions will be reviewed through pull requests.
 
 
 ## Getting Started
 
 The CLA process uses https://github.com/contributor-assistant/github-action so please simply open a Pull Request to sign it.
 
-You will need a Github account to open pull requests or issues to the project.  
+You will need a Github account to open pull requests or issues to the project.
  
 
 ## Contributor License Agreement
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ In order to accept your pull request, we need you to submit a CLA.
 
 ## Additional Resources
 
-The code in this repo is covered by the Apache 2.0 license.  Documentation is covered by the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0) license
+The code in this repo is covered by the Apache 2.0 license. Documentation is covered by the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0) license
 [Announcements Mailing List]( https://lists.20c.com/mailman3/lists/autopeer-announce.lists.20c.com/)
 [Developers Mailing List]( https://lists.20c.com/mailman3/lists/autopeer-dev.lists.20c.com/)
  
 
 ## License
 
-By contributing to this repo, you agree that your contributions will be licensed
+By contributing to this repo, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 
-under the LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.  Documentation is covered by the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0) license.
+Documentation is covered by the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0) license.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a2eb0fc..71b76ef 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,5 +3,12 @@
 
 Initial proof of concept for Automated Peering API
 
+See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md)
 
+## License
 
+By contributing to this repo, you agree that your contributions will be
+licensed under the LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+
+Documentation is covered by the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0)
+license.