diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 31316623..0c53c4e9 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -30,4 +30,3 @@
 
 # Disable demo notebook execution by nbsphinx (and therefore readthedocs notebook execution)
 nbsphinx_execute = 'never'
-
diff --git a/docs/contributing/index.rst b/docs/contributing/index.rst
index fc274b8c..9ebd2757 100644
--- a/docs/contributing/index.rst
+++ b/docs/contributing/index.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Contributing
 ============
 
+Instructions for contributors.
+
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1