diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ poetry run tox run
 
 ## Sign off your commits
 
-Please sign off your commits,
-to show that you agree to publish your changes under the current terms and licenses of the project.
+Please sign off your commits, to show that you agree to publish your changes under the current terms and licenses of the project
+, and to indicate agreement with [Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO)](https://developercertificate.org/).
 
 ```shell
 git commit --signed-off ...