diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 1a97ed3e3..4041806a8 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Thanks for the interest in contributing to NeMo-Aligner. We do all of NeMo-Align
 
 1) Make sure your PR does one thing. Have a clear answer to "What does this PR do?".
 2) Read General Principles and style guide below
-3) Make sure you sign your commits. E.g. use ``git commit -s`` when before your commit
+3) Make sure you sign your commits. E.g. use ``git commit -sS`` when committing.
 4) Make sure all unittests finish successfully before sending PR ``pytest`` or (if your dev box does not have GPU) ``pytest --cpu`` from the root folder
 5) Send your PR and request a review
 
@@ -54,4 +54,4 @@ We use ``black`` as our style guide. To fix your format run `pip install pre-com
 # Algorithms
 Algorithms is a grouping of trainers that coordinate training. Before contributing see if you can use an existing algorithm implementation for your use case.
 
-Thank you for contributing to NeMo-Aligner!
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+Thank you for contributing to NeMo-Aligner!