diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.adoc b/CONTRIBUTING.adoc
index 6f604ac..f89d6be 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.adoc
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.adoc
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
-== Contributing to appNG Authentication
+== Contributing to appNG
+
+First of all, we would like to thank you for your interest and commitment to contribute to and improve appNG and its related projects.
+
+Please refer to the appNG Contributing Guide, located at https://github.com/appNG/appng/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.adoc
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diff --git a/license-header.txt b/license-header.txt
index 1f9c462..7076ae4 100644
--- a/license-header.txt
+++ b/license-header.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright 2011-2017 the original author or authors.
+Copyright 2011-2018 the original author or authors.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.