diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+## Open-source, not open-contribution
+
+[Similar to SQLite](https://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html), Litestream is open
+source but closed to contributions. This keeps the code base free of proprietary
+or licensed code but it also helps me continue to maintain and build Litestream.
+
+As the author of [BoltDB](https://github.com/boltdb/bolt), I found that
+accepting and maintaining third party patches contributed to my burn out and
+I eventually archived the project. Writing databases & low-level replication
+tools involves nuance and simple one line changes can have profound and
+unexpected changes in correctness and performance. Small contributions
+typically required hours of my time to properly test and validate them.
+
+I am grateful for community involvement, bug reports, & feature requests. I do
+not wish to come off as anything but welcoming, however, I've
+made the decision to keep this project closed to contributions for my own
+mental health and long term viability of the project.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ $ litestream restore -timestamp 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z /path/to/db
 ```
 
 Point-in-time restores only have the resolution of the timestamp of the WAL file
-itself. By default, litestream will start a new WAL file every minute so
+itself. By default, Litestream will start a new WAL file every minute so
 point-in-time restores are only accurate to the minute.
 
 
@@ -276,9 +276,9 @@ another process is allowed to checkpoint the WAL.
 
 ## Open-source, not open-contribution
 
-[Similar to SQLite](https://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html), litestream is open
+[Similar to SQLite](https://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html), Litestream is open
 source but closed to contributions. This keeps the code base free of proprietary
-or licensed code but it also helps me continue to maintain and build litestream.
+or licensed code but it also helps me continue to maintain and build Litestream.
 
 As the author of [BoltDB](https://github.com/boltdb/bolt), I found that
 accepting and maintaining third party patches contributed to my burn out and