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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 > A curated list of projects for Docker.
 
-If you would like to contribute, please read [CONTRIBUTING.md][contributing] first.
+If you would like to contribute, please read [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/veggiemonk/awesome-docker/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) first.
 If this list is not complete, you can contribute to make it so.
 If you see a link here that is not (any longer) a good fit, you can fix it by submitting a [pull request][editreadme] to improve this file. Thank you!
 
@@ -654,7 +654,6 @@ Tools and applications that are either installed inside containers or designed t
 
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-[contributing]: https://github.com/veggiemonk/awesome-docker/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
 [calico]: https://github.com/projectcalico/calico
 [coreos]: https://github.com/coreos
 [distribution]: https://github.com/docker/distribution