diff --git a/docs/community/CONTRIBUTING.md b/docs/community/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 7c23b05..10d1404 100644
--- a/docs/community/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/docs/community/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -290,6 +290,13 @@ myworkflow_rh_wf = init_workflow_wf(name='myworkflow_rh_wf')
 We welcome and recognize all contributions regardless their size, content or scope:
 from documentation to testing and code development.
 You can see a list of current developers and contributors in our [zenodo file][link_zenodo].
+Note that the `.zenodo.json` file is generated automatically, digesting data
+from the `maint/MAINTAINERS.md` and `maint/CONTRIBUTORS.md` files (and from
+the `maint/PIs.md` and `maint/FORMER.md` files, if applicable).
+New contributors should add their names to the `maint/CONTRIBUTORS.md` file.
+Contributors are promoted to the `maint/MAINTAINERS.md` list following the
+*NiPreps* governance model.
+Governance information can be found in the [GOVERNANCE repository][link_governance_repository].
 Before every release, a new [zenodo file][link_zenodo] will be generated.
 The [update script][link_update_script] will also sort creators and contributors by
 the relative size of their contributions, as provided by the `git-line-summary` utility
@@ -344,6 +351,8 @@ You're awesome. :wave::smiley:
 
 [link_neurostars]: https://neurostars.org/tags/fmriprep
 
+[link_governance_repository]: https://github.com/nipreps/GOVERNANCE
+
 [link_git]: https://git-scm.com/
 [link_handbook]: https://guides.github.com/introduction/git-handbook/
 [link_swc_intro]: http://swcarpentry.github.io/git-novice/
diff --git a/docs/community/members.md b/docs/community/members.md
index 330eec1..9c70b18 100644
--- a/docs/community/members.md
+++ b/docs/community/members.md
@@ -4,7 +4,15 @@ However, because of the scientific domain of *NiPreps*, the community features s
 structure from *meritocracy models* to prescribe the order in the
 authors list of [new papers about these tools](CONTRIBUTING.md#publications).
 
-## Developers
+## Historical note
+
+The sections below provide a note on how contributions to the *NiPreps*
+projects were historically acknowledged.
+The scheme below has been substituted by a robuster strategy
+that is described in the [contributor recognition](CONTRIBUTING.md#recognizing-contributions)
+section.
+
+### Developers
 
 Developers are members of a wonderful team _driving the project_.
 Names and contacts of all developers are included in the
@@ -13,7 +21,7 @@ Examples of steering activities that _drive the project_ are: actively participa
 follow-up meetings, leading documentation sprints, helping in the design of the tool and definition of the roadmap,
 providing resources (in the broad sense, including funding), code-review, etc.
 
-## Contributors
+### Contributors
 
 Contributors enlisted in the
 [`.maint/contributors.json` file](https://github.com/nipreps/fmriprep/blob/master/.maint/contributors.json) of each project