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title: Contribute to Docker's docs
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We deeply value documentation contributions from the Docker community. We'd like to make it as easy
as possible for you to work in this repository. The following sections guide you through the process of contributing to Docker documentation.

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                 <h2 id="docker-for-mac"><a href="/contribute/contribute-guide/">Contribution guidelines </a></h2>
                <p>Learn about the process of contributing to our docs. </p>
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                <h2 id="docker-for-mac"><a href="/contribute/style/grammar/">Grammar and style</a></h2>
                <p>Explore Docker's grammar and style guide.</p>
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                <h2 id="docker-for-linux"><a href="/contribute/style/formatting/">Formatting</a></h2>
                <p>Format your content to match the rest of our documentation.</p>
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                <h2 id="docker-for-linux"><a href="/contribute/style/recommended-words/">Recommended word list</a></h2>
                <p>Choose the right words for your content.</p>
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                <h2 id="docker-for-windows/install/"><a href="/contribute/file-conventions/">Source file conventions</a></h2>
                <p>Guidelines for creating a new page.</p>
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                <h2 id="docker-for-windows/install/"><a href="/contribute/style/terminology/">Docker terminology</a></h2>
                <p>Explore commonly used Docker terms.</p>
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### Additional resources

We also provide:

- A section of useful components you can add to your documentation. For components and controls, we use [Bootstrap](https://getbootstrap.com).
- Information on Docker's [tone and voice](style/voice-tone.md).
- A [writing checklist](checklist.md) to help you when you're contributing to Docker's documentation.
- A command-line tool called vale to check the style and [help you find errors in your writing](contribute-guide.md#test-the-docs-locally).