diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ the `template` branch to provide a host of useful NixOS configurations available
 "out of the box". If you wish to contribute such an expression please follow
 these guidelines:
 
-* format your code with [`nixpkgs-fmt`][nixpkgs-fmt]. You can run the `hooks`
-  command inside the nix shell to install a pre-commit hook that does this
-  for you.
+* format your code with [`nixpkgs-fmt`][nixpkgs-fmt]. The default devshell
+  includes a pre-commit hook that does this for you.
+
 * The commit message follows the same semantics as [nixpkgs][nixpkgs].
   * You can use a `#` symbol to specify ambiguities. For example,
   `develop#zsh: <rest of commit message>` would tell me that your updating the