diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 2da732e..4c11c14 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ work for us, and a faster and better response.
 Issues are not a way to ask general questions about Flot. If you see unexpected
 behavior but are not 100% certain that it is a bug, please try posting to the
 [forum](http://groups.google.com/group/flot-graphs) first, and confirm that
-what you see is really a Flot problem before creating a new issue for it.
-
-When reporting a bug, please include a working demonstration of the problem, if
+what you see is really a Flot problem before creating a new issue for it.  When
+reporting a bug, please include a working demonstration of the problem, if
 possible, or at least a clear description of the options you're using and the
 environment (browser and version, jQuery version, other libraries) that you're
 running under.
@@ -27,17 +26,17 @@ duplicated effort.
 
 To make merging as easy as possible, please keep these rules in mind:
 
- 1. Divide larger changes into a series of small, logical commits with
-    descriptive messages.
-
- 2. Format your code according to the style guidelines below.
-
- 3. Submit new features or architectural changes to the *<version>-work*
+ 1. Submit new features or architectural changes to the *<version>-work*
     branch for the next major release.  Submit bug fixes to the master branch.
 
- 4. Rebase, if necessary, before submitting your pull request, to reduce the
+ 2. Divide larger changes into a series of small, logical commits with
+    descriptive messages.
+
+ 3. Rebase, if necessary, before submitting your pull request, to reduce the
     work we need to do to merge it.
 
+ 4. Format your code according to the style guidelines below.
+
 ### Flot Style Guidelines ###
 
 Flot follows the [jQuery Core Style Guidelines](http://docs.jquery.com/JQuery_Core_Style_Guidelines),