diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -4,18 +4,18 @@ Contributing
 To get started, <a href="https://www.clahub.com/agreements/platformio/platformio-core">sign the Contributor License Agreement</a>.
 
 1. Fork the repository on GitHub.
-2. Make a branch off of ``develop``
-3. Run ``pip install tox``
-4. Go to the root of project where is located ``tox.ini`` and run ``tox -e py27``
+2. Clone repository `git clone --recursive https://github.com/YourGithubUsername/platformio-core.git`
+3. Run `pip install tox`
+4. Go to the root of project where is located `tox.ini` and run `tox -e py27`
 5. Activate current development environment:
 
-   * Windows: ``.tox\py27\Scripts\activate``
-   * Bash/ZSH: ``source .tox/py27/bin/activate``
-   * Fish: ``source .tox/py27/bin/activate.fish``
+   * Windows: `.tox\py27\Scripts\activate`
+   * Bash/ZSH: `source .tox/py27/bin/activate`
+   * Fish: `source .tox/py27/bin/activate.fish`
 
 6. Make changes to code, documentation, etc.
-7. Lint source code ``make lint``
-8. Run the tests ``make test``
-9. Build documentation ``tox -e docs`` (creates a directory _build under docs where you can find the html)
+7. Lint source code `make lint`
+8. Run the tests `make test`
+9. Build documentation `tox -e docs` (creates a directory _build under docs where you can find the html)
 10. Commit changes to your forked repository
 11. Submit a Pull Request on GitHub.