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@@ -15,12 +15,10 @@ If you're looking contribute to [Fig](http://www.fig.sh/)
 but you're new to the project or maybe even to Python, here are the steps
 that should get you started.
 
-1. Fork [https://github.com/docker/fig](https://github.com/docker/fig) to your username. kvz in this example.
-1. Clone your forked repository locally `git clone git@github.com:kvz/fig.git`.
+1. Fork [https://github.com/docker/fig](https://github.com/docker/fig) to your username.
+1. Clone your forked repository locally `git clone git@github.com:yourusername/fig.git`.
 1. Enter the local directory `cd fig`.
-1. Set up a development environment `python setup.py develop`. That will install the dependencies and set up a symlink from your `fig` executable to the checkout of the repo. So from any of your fig projects, `fig` now refers to your development project. Time to start hacking : )
-1. Works for you? Run the test suite via `./script/test` to verify it won't break other usecases.
-1. All good? Commit and push to GitHub, and submit a pull request.
+1. Set up a development environment by running `python setup.py develop`. This will install the dependencies and set up a symlink from your `fig` executable to the checkout of the repository. When you now run `fig` from anywhere on your machine, it will run your development version of Fig.
 
 ## Running the test suite