diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2367db678
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Thank you for your interest in contributing to DFHack! If you're reading this
+document, you're probably viewing it on GitHub. The DFHack docs are hosted
+on [ReadTheDocs](https://dfhack.readthedocs.io/) - in particular, contributing
+guidelines are [here](https://docs.dfhack.org/en/latest/docs/Contributing.html).
+Double-checking the style guidelines before submitting a pull request is
+always appreciated.
diff --git a/Contributing.rst b/docs/Contributing.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from Contributing.rst
rename to docs/Contributing.rst
diff --git a/index.rst b/index.rst
index 855b31a73..8c1e9d86d 100644
--- a/index.rst
+++ b/index.rst
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ For Developers
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
-   /Contributing
+   /docs/Contributing
    /docs/Compile
    /docs/NEWS-dev
    /docs/Lua API