diff --git a/docs/02-contributing.md b/docs/02-contributing.md
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--- a/docs/02-contributing.md
+++ b/docs/02-contributing.md
@@ -97,11 +97,18 @@ If you plan to submit patches, you should follow the following guidelines.
 
 ### Patches
 
+Submitting patches via pull requests on the Github project is the preferred
+method.
+
+#### Pull request
+- create a [pull request](https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome/pulls)
+
+#### git-send-email
 - use `git format-patch -M` to create the patch;
 - do *not* PGP sign your patch;
 - be *careful* doing cut & paste into your mailer, not to corrupt whitespaces;
 - if you change, add or remove the user API, the associated documentation
   should be updated as well;
 - send the patch to the list (`awesome-devel@naquadah.org`) if (and only if)
-  the patch is ready for inclusion. If you use git-send-email(1), please
-  *test* it first by sending email to yourself.
+  the patch is ready for inclusion. If you use git-send-email(1), please *test*
+  it first by sending email to yourself.