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-# Contributing to Metasploit
+# Hello, World!
 
 Thanks for your interest in making Metasploit -- and therefore, the
-world -- a better place! What you see here in CONTRIBUTING.md is a
-bullet-point list of the do's and don'ts of how to make sure *your*
-valuable contributions actually make it into Metasploit's master branch.
+world -- a better place!
+
+Are you about to report a bug? If so, please use our [Redmine Bug
+Tracker](https://dev.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework). An
+account is required but it only takes a minute or two.
+
+Are you about to report a security vulnerability in Metasploit?
+If so, please take a look at Rapid's [Vulnerability
+Disclosure Policy](https://www.rapid7.com/disclosure.jsp) policy.
+
+Are you about to contribute some new functionality, a bug fix, or a new
+Metasploit module? If so, read on...
+
+# Contributing to Metasploit
+
+What you see here in CONTRIBUTING.md is a bullet-point list of the do's
+and don'ts of how to make sure *your* valuable contributions actually
+make it into Metasploit's master branch.
 
 If you care not to follow these rules, your contribution **will** be
 closed (*Road House* style). Sorry!
 
-Incidentally, this is a **short** list. The
+This is intended to be a **short** list. The
 [wiki](https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/wiki) is much more
 exhaustive and reveals many mysteries. If you read nothing else, take a
 look at the standard [development environment setup
@@ -52,8 +67,8 @@ Pull requests [#2940](https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/2940)
 
 ## Bug Reports
 
-* **Do** report vulnerabilities in Rapid7 software to security@rapid7.com.
-* **Do** create a Redmine account and report your bug there.
+* **Do** report vulnerabilities in Rapid7 software directly to security@rapid7.com.
+* **Do** create a Redmine account and report your non-vulnerability bugs there.
 * **Do** write a detailed description of your bug and use a descriptive title.
 * **Do** include reproduction steps, stack traces, and anything else that might help us verify and fix your bug.
 * **Don't** file duplicate reports - search for your bug before filing a new report.