diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 91363c3fda6..9c1d4d0e52d 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ The contribution process is outlined below:
 
 3. Open a PR to indicate that the change is ready for review.
     * Ensure that you sign your work via DCO (see below).
+    * If do you GenAI/LLMs in your contributions **do** mention this.
 
 ## Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 35bb01ece32..6b53ae84838 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ the [Technical Charter](https://vortex.dev/charter.pdf).
 
 ### Contributing
 
-See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for guidelines.
+Please **do** read [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) before you contribute.
 
 ### Reporting Vulnerabilities