diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 3e160d73eb832..ce6992ba47d08 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -13,8 +13,11 @@ To contribute to the Aptos Core implementation, first start with the proper deve
 
 To get the development installation with all the necessary dependencies for linting, testing, and building the documentation, run the following:
 ```bash
-git clone https://github.com/aptos-labs/aptos-core.git
+# fork https://github.com/aptos-labs/aptos-core.git via the github UI
+# repace <your-github> below to clone your (origin) remote fork
+git clone https://github.com/<your-github>/aptos-core.git
 cd aptos-core
+git remote add upstream https://github.com/aptos-labs/aptos-core.git
 ./scripts/dev_setup.sh
 cargo build
 cargo test
@@ -36,12 +39,10 @@ If you know Markdown, you can already contribute!
 
 Changes to the project are proposed through pull requests. The general pull request workflow is as follows:
 
-1. Fork the repo and create a topic branch off of `main`.
-2. Locally run `./scripts/dev_setup.sh` to ensure you have all development dependencies required for our workflows.
-3. If you have added code that should be tested, add unit tests.
-4. If you have changed APIs, update the documentation. Make sure the documentation builds.
-5. Ensure all tests and lints pass on each and every commit that is part of your pull request using `./scripts/rust_lint.sh`
-6. Submit your pull request.
+* If you have added code that should be tested, add unit tests.
+* If you have changed APIs, update the documentation. Make sure the documentation builds.
+* Ensure all tests and lints pass on each and every commit that is part of your pull request using `./scripts/rust_lint.sh`.
+* Submit your pull request.
 
 ## Authoring Clean Commits
 
@@ -110,6 +111,6 @@ You *should not* update your branch by merging the latest main into your branch.
 
 It is important that the project history is bisect-able so that when regressions are identified we can easily use `git bisect` to be able to pin-point the exact commit which introduced the regression. This requires that every commit is able to be built and passes all lints and tests. So if your pull request includes multiple commits be sure that each and every commit is able to be built and passes all checks performed by CI.
 
-# Issues
+## Issues
 
 Aptos Core uses [GitHub issues](https://github.com/aptos-labs/aptos-core/issues) to track bugs. Please include necessary information and instructions to reproduce your issue.