diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
index 7bf5892..18968c1 100644
--- a/README.Rmd
+++ b/README.Rmd
@@ -21,6 +21,16 @@ You can install the development version of glossary from [GitHub](https://github
 pak::pak("r-devel/glossary")
 ```
 
+## using pre commit without repo permissions
+
+- fork the repo and clone it locally
+- install.packages("devtools")
+- In a separate terminal (not R studio terminal), run `pip3 install pre-commit --user` (on windows)
+- install.packages("precommit")
+- On R studio, run `precommit::use_precommit()` (only once in a repo)
+
+
+
 ## Example
 
 This is a basic example which shows you how to solve a common problem:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0727974..366f738 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ You can install the development version of glossary from
 pak::pak("r-devel/glossary")
 ```
 
+## using pre commit without repo permissions
+
+- fork the repo and clone it locally
+- install.packages(“devtools”)
+- In a separate terminal (not R studio terminal), run
+  `pip3 install pre-commit --user` (on windows)
+- install.packages(“precommit”)
+- On R studio, run `precommit::use_precommit()` (only once in a repo)
+
 ## Example
 
 This is a basic example which shows you how to solve a common problem:
@@ -38,32 +47,43 @@ library(glossary)
 
 ## Contributors
 
-
 <!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-LIST:START - Do not remove or modify this section -->
+
 <!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
+
 <!-- markdownlint-disable -->
 
-All contributions to this project are gratefully acknowledged using the [`allcontributors` package](https://github.com/ropensci/allcontributors) following the [all-contributors](https://allcontributors.org) specification. Contributions of any kind are welcome!
+All contributions to this project are gratefully acknowledged using the
+[`allcontributors` package](https://github.com/ropensci/allcontributors)
+following the [all-contributors](https://allcontributors.org)
+specification. Contributions of any kind are welcome!
 
 <table>
 
 <tr>
+
 <td align="center">
+
 <a href="https://github.com/SaranjeetKaur">
 <img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/28556616?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/>
 </a><br>
 <a href="https://github.com/r-devel/glossary/commits?author=SaranjeetKaur">SaranjeetKaur</a>
 </td>
+
 <td align="center">
+
 <a href="https://github.com/rivaquiroga">
 <img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/31421616?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/>
 </a><br>
 <a href="https://github.com/r-devel/glossary/commits?author=rivaquiroga">rivaquiroga</a>
 </td>
+
 </tr>
 
 </table>
 
 <!-- markdownlint-enable -->
+
 <!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
+
 <!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-LIST:END -->
diff --git a/inst/WORDLIST b/inst/WORDLIST
index 2fdeb2d..6e95ce8 100644
--- a/inst/WORDLIST
+++ b/inst/WORDLIST
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 allcontributors
 aut
+Bhogal
 CMD
 cre
+Dev
+devtools
 http
+Kaur
 ORCID
+pre
+precommit
+repo
 Roxygen
 RoxygenNote
+RSE
+Saranjeet