diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 5f02d89e96..f8b8b83023 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -13,11 +13,17 @@ contributors, the general procedure for contributing has been established:
   3. if you would then like to contribute code:
     a. if a the issue is a proposal, ensure that the proposal has been accepted, 
     b. ensure that nobody else has already begun working on this issue, if they have
-       make sure to contact them to collabourate, 
-    c. if nobody has been assigned the issue, and you would like to work on it
-       make a comment on the issue that you are beginning to work on it, 
+       make sure to contact them to collaborate, 
+    c. if nobody has been assigned the issue and you would like to work on it
+       make a comment on the issue to inform the community of your intentions
+       to begin work, 
     d. follow standard github best practices: fork the repo, branch from the
-       tip of develop, make some commits, and submit a pull request to develop.
+       tip of `develop`, make some commits, and submit a PR to `develop`, 
+    e. include `WIP:` in the PR-title to and submit your PR early, even if it's
+       incomplete, this indicates to the community you're working on something and
+       allows them to provide comments early in the development process. When the code
+       is complete it can be marked as ready-for-review by replacing `WIP:` with
+       `R4R:` in the PR-title. 
 
 Note that for very small or blatantly obvious problems (such as typos) it is 
 not required to an open issue to submit a PR, but be aware that for more complex