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@@ -53,8 +53,18 @@ Brownie documentation is hosted at [Read the Docs](https://eth-brownie.readthedo
 
 ## Development
 
-This project is still in development and should be considered a beta. Comments, questions, criticisms and pull requests are welcomed.
+This project is still in development and should be considered a beta. Questions, comments, criticisms and pull requests are welcomed.
+
+## Contributing
+
+Help is always appreciated! In particular, Brownie needs work in the following areas before we can comfortably take it out of beta:
+
+* Tests
+* Code formatting
+* Improving the documentation
+* Support for Windows
+* More tests
 
 ## License
 
-This project is licensed under the [MIT license](LICENSE).
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+This project is licensed under the [MIT license](LICENSE).