diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Thanks for your interest in contributing to OpenLayers 3.
 
 ## Contributing Code
 
-Thanks for your interest in contributing to OpenLayers 3 development. Our preferred means of receiving contributions is through [pull requests](https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests). Make sure
+Our preferred means of receiving contributions is through [pull requests](https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests). Make sure
 that your pull request follows our pull request guidelines below before submitting it.
 
 This page describes what you need to know to contribute code to ol3 as a developer.
@@ -307,4 +307,4 @@ Please keep the header line short, no more than 50 characters.
 Occasionally other changes to `master` might mean that your pull request cannot
 be merged automatically.  In this case you may need to rebase your branch on a
 more recent `master`, resolve any conflicts, and `git push --force` to update
-your branch so that it can be merged automatically.
\ No newline at end of file
+your branch so that it can be merged automatically.