diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Setting up the environment
 
-This repository uses [`yarn@v1`](https://classic.yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/install/#mac-stable).
+This repository uses [`yarn@v1`](https://classic.yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/install).
 Other package managers may work but are not officially supported for development.
 
 To set up the repository, run:
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ All files in the `examples/` directory are not modified by the generator and can
 …
 ```
 
-```
-chmod +x examples/<your-example>.ts
+```sh
+$ chmod +x examples/<your-example>.ts
 # run the example against your api
-yarn tsn -T examples/<your-example>.ts
+$ yarn tsn -T examples/<your-example>.ts
 ```
 
 ## Using the repository from source