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+If you would like to contribute to the development of OpenStack,
+you must follow the steps in the "If you're a developer, start here"
+section of this page:
+
+ http://wiki.openstack.org/HowToContribute
+
+Once those steps have been completed, changes to OpenStack
+should be submitted for review via the Gerrit tool, following
+the workflow documented at:
+
+ http://wiki.openstack.org/GerritWorkflow
+
+Pull requests submitted through GitHub will be ignored.
+
+Bugs should be filed on Launchpad, not GitHub:
+
+ https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
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@@ -50,9 +50,7 @@ developer focused documentation is available at:
http://nova.openstack.org/
-Changes to OpenStack Nova should be submitted for review via
-the Gerrit tool, following the workflow documented at:
-
- http://wiki.openstack.org/GerritWorkflow
+For information on how to contribute to Nova, please see the
+contents of the CONTRIBUTING.rst file.
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