diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 665f8701..d3cdf13d 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Hurray! We are glad that you want to contribute to our project! 👍
 If this is your first contribution, not to worry! We have a great [tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgSDcTyysRc) to help you get started, and you can always ask us for help in the `#athens` channel in the [gopher slack](https://invite.slack.golangbridge.org/). We'll give you whatever guidance you need.
 
 ## Verify your work
-Run `make verify` to run all the same validations that our CI process runs, such
+Run `make verify test-unit test-e2e` to run all the same validations that our CI process runs, such
 as checking that the standard go formatting is applied, linting, etc.
 
 ## Setup your dev environment
@@ -26,3 +26,11 @@ you must run `make setup-dev-env` first, otherwise you will see errors like the
 ```
 error connecting to storage (no reachable servers)
 ```
+
+## Next Steps
+
+After you get your code working, submit a Pull Request (PR) following 
+[Github's PR model](https://help.github.com/articles/about-pull-requests/).
+
+If you're interested, take a look at [REVIEWS.md](REVIEWS.md) to learn how
+your PR will be reviewed and how you can help get it merged.
diff --git a/DEVELOPMENT.md b/DEVELOPMENT.md
index b0c98a6a..ae19548c 100644
--- a/DEVELOPMENT.md
+++ b/DEVELOPMENT.md
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ buffalo dev
 
 To run the proxy:
 
-```consols
+```console
 cd cmd/proxy
 buffalo dev
 ```
diff --git a/REVIEWS.md b/REVIEWS.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab2c5493
--- /dev/null
+++ b/REVIEWS.md
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Pull Request Reviews
+
+Whether you're contributing or reviewing pull requests, this document can help you!
+
+- If you're reviewing, it can help you understand what to do
+- If you're submitting a pull request, it can help you understand what folks
+are going to do, how to help them, and how to get your pull request
+merged faster
+
+## Steps
+
+We follow a lightweight list of steps in order to review 
+[pull requests in the Athens project](https://github.com/gomods/athens/pulls)
+(if you're not familiar with pull requests, see 
+[here](https://help.github.com/articles/about-pull-requests/)).
+
+Here they are:
+
+- Anyone, whether or not they are an official [contributor](https://github.com/orgs/gomods/teams/contributors),
+  can review a pull request.
+- Pull requests must be reviewed by at least one 
+  [maintainer](https://github.com/orgs/gomods/teams/maintainers), enforced by GitHub.
+  Only maintainers can merge a pull request.
+- For important changes we want to make sure that people in other time zones have a chance to
+    review, so keep the pull request open for 24-36 hours before merging.
+- Pull requests have to pass continuous integration (CI) tests.
+
+