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@@ -60,3 +60,11 @@ We intend to stabilise the following before curve25519-dalek-1.0.0:
 
 * Implement hashing to a point on the curve (Elligator).
 * Finish Ristretto (Decaf for curve25519) implementation.
+
+## Contributing
+
+Please see
+[CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/isislovecruft/curve25519-dalek/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
+Patches and pull requests should be make against the `develop`
+branch, **not** `master`.