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 ## Contributing
 
 You can contribute by:
-- Raising any issues you find using Strimzi
+- Raising issues you find while using Strimzi
 - Fixing issues by opening Pull Requests
-- Improving documentation
+- Improving the documentation
 - Talking about Strimzi
 
 All bugs, tasks or enhancements are tracked as [GitHub issues](https://github.com/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator/issues). Issues which