diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 346080e5..1fa318b9 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -18,6 +18,22 @@ To build the project, run:
 ./gradlew assemble
 ```
 
+## Generating semantic conventions
+
+Requires docker.
+
+In a shell, execute the following gradle tasks:
+
+```shell
+./gradlew clean generateSemanticConventions --console=plain
+./gradlew spotlessApply
+```
+
+This will download the version
+of [open-telemetry/semantic-conventions](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions)
+defined in the `semanticConventionsVersion` variable of [build.gradle.kts](./build.gradle.kts) and
+generate semantic conventions classes from the release contents.
+
 ## Style guide
 
 This repository follows the OpenTelemetry Java
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8469c742..11c3c84f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,31 +73,9 @@ Stable artifacts (i.e. artifacts without `-alpha` version suffix) come with stro
 
 Compatibility guarantees are inherited from [opentelemetry-java][versioning].
 
-## Generating semantic conventions
-
-Requires docker.
-
-In a shell, execute the following gradle tasks:
-
-```shell
-./gradlew clean generateSemanticConventions --console=plain
-./gradlew spotlessApply
-```
-
-This will download the version
-of [open-telemetry/semantic-conventions](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions)
-defined in the `semanticConventionsVersion` variable of [build.gradle.kts](./build.gradle.kts) and
-generate semantic conventions classes from the release contents.
-
 ## Contributing
 
-Before you start - see OpenTelemetry
-general [contributing](https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/tree/main/guides/contributor)
-requirements and recommendations.
-
-Make sure to review the projects [license](LICENSE) and sign
-the [CNCF CLA](https://identity.linuxfoundation.org/projects/cncf). A signed CLA will be enforced by
-an automatic check once you submit a PR, but you can also sign it after opening your PR.
+See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
 ### Maintainers
 
diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
index 5127f8b3..eb873017 100644
--- a/RELEASING.md
+++ b/RELEASING.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Applies to major, minor and patch releases of `open-telemetry/semantic-conventio
   * Bump the `semanticConventionsVersion` variable in `build.gradle.kts` to version
     of `semantic-conventions` to be released
   * Follow the instructions
-    to [generate the semantic conventions](README.md#generating-semantic-conventions)
+    to [generate the semantic conventions](CONTRIBUTING.md#generating-semantic-conventions)
 * Run
   the [Prepare release branch workflow](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions-java/actions/workflows/prepare-release-branch.yml)
   * Press the "Run workflow" button, and leave the default branch `main` selected