diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index 3bb945e7..d040ae4f 100644
--- a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ Relationship between commit type and version bump
 This formula applies some customisations to the defaults, as outlined in the table below,
 based upon the `type <https://github.com/angular/angular.js/blob/master/DEVELOPERS.md#type>`_ of the commit:
 
+.. tabularcolumns:: |l|l|l|c|c|
+
 .. list-table::
     :name: commit-type-vs-version-bump
     :header-rows: 1
@@ -73,7 +75,8 @@ based upon the `type <https://github.com/angular/angular.js/blob/master/DEVELOPE
       - 
     * - ``chore``
       - –
-      - Changes to the build process or auxiliary tools and libraries such as documentation generation
+      - Changes to the build process or auxiliary tools and libraries such as
+        documentation generation
       - –
       - 
     * - ``ci``
@@ -113,7 +116,8 @@ based upon the `type <https://github.com/angular/angular.js/blob/master/DEVELOPE
       - 0.0.1
     * - ``style``
       - Styles
-      - Changes that do not affect the meaning of the code (white-space, formatting, missing semi-colons, etc.)
+      - Changes that do not affect the meaning of the code (white-space,
+        formatting, missing semi-colons, etc.)
       - –
       - 0.0.1
     * - ``test``