diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 283b31dd..eae88de0 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ The ignored errors are all `pycodestyle` errors, and they are documented
 [here](https://pycodestyle.pycqa.org/en/latest/intro.html#error-codes).
 
 **E203:** whitespace before ‘:’  
-**Reason:** Column alignment. It is natural to align dictionary columns along the `:` character,
+**Reason:** Column alignment. It is natural to align dictionary columns along the `:` character.
 
 **E221:** multiple spaces before operator  
 **Reason:** Column alignment.
@@ -88,15 +88,15 @@ dropped. Don't use the `+` operator for appending multiple strings. Use formatti
 **Reason:** Column alignment.
 
 **E261:** at least two spaces before inline comment  
-**Reason:** With syntax highlighting, this one is meaningless and wastes an extra space.
+**Reason:** With syntax highlighting, this one doesn't make much sense.
 
 **E266:** too many leading ‘#’ for block comment  
-**Reason:** In the source multiple `#`s to indicate importance levels is sometimes used, like
-markdown headers.
+**Reason:** In the source multiple `#`s is sometimes used to indicate importance or heading level,
+like markdown headers.
 
 **E302:** expected 2 blank lines, found 0  
 **Reason:** Applies to classes. Instead, end classes with a comment like `# END Class ClassName` to
-make it easier to se which class just ended. The double line break is then redundant.
+make it easier to see which class just ended. The double line break is then redundant.
 
 **E305:** expected 2 blank lines after end of function or class  
 **Reason:** Instead, _always_ end a function with a `return`, preferrably indented at function
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 78849745..f80342b4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -240,13 +240,6 @@ clickable in the document view pane, and control-clickable in the editor. They m
 quickly navigate between the documents while editing.
 
 
-## Contributing
-
-If you want to contribute to novelWriter, please follow the coding convention laid out in the
-[Style Guide](markdown/style.md). They broadly follow Python PEP8, but there are a few
-modifications.
-
-
 ## Screenshot
 
 **novelWriter with default system theme:**