diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 425e03519c..f476e1778a 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -37,10 +37,13 @@ Contact the project developers via the project's "dev" list.
 ## Feature request and bugs
 
 We love pull requests! The next sections try to cover most of the relevant questions. For larger contributions or
-architectural changes, we'd kindly ask you to follow this list:
+architectural changes, we'd kindly ask you to either:
 
-1. Raise the proposed changes during a [developer meetup](https://github.com/eclipse/iceoryx/wiki/Developer-meetup)
-1. Create a design document and raise it in a separate pull request beforehand
+* Raise the proposed changes during a [developer meetup](https://github.com/eclipse/iceoryx/wiki/Developer-meetup)
+
+or
+
+* Create a design document and raise it in a separate pull request beforehand
 
 If you would like to report a bug or propose a new feature, please raise an issue before raising a pull request.
 This makes it easier to track the work-in-progress. If you have troubles getting an issue assigned to you please contact the maintainers via [Gitter](https://gitter.im/eclipse/iceoryx).
diff --git a/GOVERNANCE.md b/GOVERNANCE.md
index 8e488d6b8c..8b838cfb9c 100644
--- a/GOVERNANCE.md
+++ b/GOVERNANCE.md
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ Bi-weekly every Thursday for 1 hour. Everyone is welcome to join.
 ### Topics
 
 * Propse features
-  * Present and discuss a design document
+  * E.g. present and discuss a design document
 * Discuss pull requests without going into details
   * E.g. a small demo
 * Steer direction of Eclipse iceoryx
-  * Go over the milestone list and move the issues between the three prio's
+  * E.g. go over the milestone list and move the issues between the three prio's
 * Raise and answer questions
 * Discuss tooling and infrastructure
 * All others topics related to iceoryx one can think of