diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -6,7 +6,23 @@ Contributions are welcome!
 
 Before contributing to this repository for the first time, please review our project's [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/devfile/api/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
 
-## Getting Started
+## Certificate of Origin
+
+By contributing to this project you agree to the Developer Certificate of
+Origin (DCO). This document was created by the Linux Kernel community and is a
+simple statement that you, as a contributor, have the legal right to make the
+contribution. See the [DCO](DCO) file for details.
+
+In order to show your agreement with the DCO you should include at the end of the commit message,
+the following line:
+
+```console
+Signed-off-by: Firstname Lastname <email@email.com>
+```
+
+Once you set your user.name and user.email in your git config, you can sign your commit automatically with `git commit -s`.
+
+## How to Contribute:
 
 ### Issues
 
@@ -14,6 +30,25 @@ Before contributing to this repository for the first time, please review our pro
 
 - If a related issue doesn't exist, you can open a new issue using a relevant [issue form](https://github.com/devfile/api/issues/new/choose). You can tag issues with `/area api`.
 
+### Submitting Pull Request
+
+When you think the code is ready for review, create a pull request and link the issue associated with it.
+
+Owners of the repository will watch out for new PRs and provide reviews to them.
+
+If comments have been given in a review, they have to be addressed before merging.
+
+After addressing review comments, don't forget to add a comment in the PR with the reviewer mentioned afterward, so they get notified by Github to provide a re-review.
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+The following are required to build the CRDs and TypeScript models containing your changes:
+
+- Docker or Podman
+- Git
+
+Testing requires Go 1.21+ to be installed.
+
 ### Building
 
 To build the CRD and the various schemas, you don't need to install any pre-requisite apart from `docker` or `podman`.
@@ -48,18 +83,6 @@ cd test/v200/apiTest
 go test -v
 ```
 
-### Pull Requests
-
-All commits must be signed off with the footer:
-
-```git
-Signed-off-by: Firstname Lastname <email@email.com>
-```
-
-Once you set your user.name and user.email in your git config, you can sign your commit automatically with git commit -s. When you think the code is ready for review, create a pull request and link the issue associated with it.
-
-Owners of the repository will watch out for and review new PRs.
-
-If comments have been given in a review, they have to be addressed before merging.
+# Contact us
 
-After addressing review comments, don’t forget to add a comment in the PR afterward, so everyone gets notified by Github and knows to re-review.
+If you have any questions, please visit us the `#devfile` channel under the [Kubernetes Slack](https://slack.k8s.io) workspace.