diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 166f961..c108415 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -173,5 +173,13 @@ or on [The Five Minute Ledger Update](https://reds-rants.netlify.app/personal-fi
 site. For bugs, open an issue here on Github.
 
 ## Contributions
-Contributions welcome. New importers for institutions and test input files appreciated.
-Sharing importers helps the community.
+
+Features, fixes, and improvements welcome. New importers for institutions with test
+input files appreciated. Sharing importers helps the community! Remember:
+- Feel free to send send pull requests. Please include unit tests
+- For larger changes or changes that might need discussion, please reach out and discuss
+  first to save time (open an issue) 
+- Please squash your commits (reasonably)
+- Use [conventional commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/) for commit messages
+
+Thank you for contributing!
diff --git a/beancount_reds_importers/util/needs_update.py b/beancount_reds_importers/util/needs_update.py
index 9a0251e..e93c1fc 100755
--- a/beancount_reds_importers/util/needs_update.py
+++ b/beancount_reds_importers/util/needs_update.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def pretty_print_table(not_updated_accounts, sort_by_date):
 
 @click.command("needs-update", context_settings={'show_default': True})
 @click.argument('beancount-file', type=click.Path(exists=True), envvar='BEANCOUNT_FILE')
-@click.option('--recency', help='How many days back to look for balance assertions', default=15)
+@click.option('--recency', help='How many days ago should the last balance assertion be to be considered old', default=15)
 @click.option('--sort-by-date', help='Sort output by date (instead of account name)', is_flag=True)
 @click.option('--all-accounts', help='Show all account (ignore include/exclude in config)', is_flag=True)
 def accounts_needing_updates(beancount_file, recency, sort_by_date, all_accounts):