diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 087727392f..dcfae7ff10 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ on:
     paths-ignore:
       - "doc/**"
       - "CHANGELOG.md"
+      - "CONTRIBUTING.md"
   pull_request:
     paths-ignore:
       - "doc/**"
       - "CHANGELOG.md"
+      - "CONTRIBUTING.md"
 
 jobs:
   code-formatting:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/docs_ci.yml
index 555ece0179..f94d24cb52 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs_ci.yml
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ on:
       - "cmd/tools/check-md.v"
       - "doc/**"
       - "CHANGELOG.md"
+      - "CONTRIBUTING.md"
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - "cmd/tools/check-md.v"
       - "doc/**"
       - "CHANGELOG.md"
+      - "CONTRIBUTING.md"
 
 jobs:
   docs-line-len-check:
@@ -20,4 +22,4 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build V
       run: make
     - name: Check docs line length & code examples
-      run: ./v run cmd/tools/check-md.v doc/docs.md doc/upcoming.md CHANGELOG.md
+      run: ./v run cmd/tools/check-md.v doc/docs.md doc/upcoming.md CHANGELOG.md CONTRIBUTING.md
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 528cd1aa5c..962cbc7ae3 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ download the C version of the compiler and rebuild it from scratch.
 
 The architecture of the compiler is very simple and has three distinct steps:
 
-Parse/generate AST (`v.parser`) => Check types (`v.checker`) => Generate C/JavaScript/machine code (`v.gen`)
+Parse/generate AST (`v.parser`) => Check types (`v.checker`) 
+=> Generate C/JavaScript/machine code (`v.gen`)
 
 
 The main files are: