diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 7b330bf81..96b9f2e31 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ We gratefully welcome improvements to documentation as well as to code.
 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.
+contribution. No action from you is required, but it's a good idea to see the
+[DCO](DCO) file for details before you start contributing code to Scope.
 
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