diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.txt b/CONTRIBUTING.txt
index afa20020..20e6cff0 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.txt
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.txt
@@ -154,17 +154,25 @@ detailing the test coverage::
   skimage/filter/__init__                              1      1   100%
   ...
 
-Activate Travis for your fork (optional)
+Activate Travis-ci for your fork (optional)
 ----------------------------------------
 
-Travis checks all unittests in the project to prevent breakage.
+Travis-ci checks all unittests in the project to prevent breakage.
 
-Before sending a pull request, you may want to check that Travis successfully
-passes all tests. To do so, you can follow step one and two in
-`Travis documentation <http://about.travis-ci.org/docs/user/getting-started/>__
+Before sending a pull request, you may want to check that Travis-ci
+successfully passes all tests. To do so,
+
+   * Go to `Travis-ci <http://travis-ci.org/>`__ and follow the Sign In link at the top::
+
+   * Go to your `profile page <https://travis-ci.org/profile>`__
+
+   * Switch on your scikit-image fork
+
+It corresponds to steps one and two in
+`Travis-ci documentation <http://about.travis-ci.org/docs/user/getting-started/>`__
 (Step three is already done in scikit-image).
 
-Thus, as soon as you push your code to your fork, it will trigger Travis,
+Thus, as soon as you push your code to your fork, it will trigger Travis-ci,
 and you will receive an email notification when the process is done.
 
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