From 792b0c4d19b4b32a9cec553811ecb38a4d044b72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Shtin <alex@temporal.io>
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2021 10:25:17 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Update CONTRIBUTING.md to go 1.16 (#1348)

---
 .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md |  1 +
 CONTRIBUTING.md                  | 10 +++++-----
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index ac2872b7bc9..d31eeb65849 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@
 <!-- Assuming the worst case, what can be broken when deploying this change to production? -->
 **Potential risks**
 
+
 <!-- Is this PR a hotfix candidate or require that a notification be sent to the broader community? (Yes/No) -->
 **Is hotfix candidate?**
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 8e242f9d0c5..aec84e33f37 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ This doc is for contributors to Temporal Server (hopefully that's you!)
 ## Prerequisites
 
 ### Build prerequisites 
-* [Go Lang](https://golang.org/) (minimum version required is 1.14):
-  - Install on OS X with `brew install go`.
+* [Go Lang](https://golang.org/) (minimum version required is 1.16):
+  - Install on macOS with `brew install go`.
   - Install on Ubuntu with `sudo apt install golang`.
-* [Protocol buffers compiler](https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/):
-  - Install on OS X with `brew install protobuf`.
+* [Protocol buffers compiler](https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/) (only if you are going to change `proto` files):
+  - Install on macOS with `brew install protobuf`.
   - Install on Ubuntu with `sudo apt install protobuf-compiler`.
 
 ### Runtime (server and tests) prerequisites
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Tests require runtime dependencies. They can be run with `start-dependencies` ta
 $ make start-dependencies
 ```
 
-Before testing on MacOS, make sure you increase the file handle limit:
+Before testing on macOS, make sure you increase the file handle limit:
 ```bash
 $ ulimit -n 8192
 ```