diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 76919ea..cee18c7 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Thank you for taking the time to contribute to toml4j! Here are a few guidelines to streamline the process.
 
+* Pull Requests should be opened against the wip branch. Master changes only when there is a new release.
 * Cover new or modified functionality with unit tests
 * Amend README.md as necessary
 * Update the UNRELEASED section of CHANGELOG.md, as described in [keepachangelog.com](http://keepachangelog.com)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ Long arrayD = toml.getLong("array[0].d"); // returns 3
 
 Date precision is limited to milliseconds.
 
+## Contributing
+
+Please see CONTRIBUTING.md.
+
 ## License
 
 toml4j is copyright (c) 2013-2015 Moandji Ezana and is licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE)