diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 9c3d21f..371258c 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # These owners will be the default owners for everything in the
 # repo. Unless a later match takes precedence, these owners will be
 # requested for review when someone opens a pull request.
-* @dav3r @felddy @hillaryj @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
+* @dav3r @felddy @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
 
 # These folks own any files in the .github directory at the root of
 # the repository and any of its subdirectories.
-/.github/ @dav3r @felddy @hillaryj @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
+/.github/ @dav3r @felddy @jsf9k @mcdonnnj
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bedb6e4..53e6544 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# This file specifies intentionally untracked files that Git should ignore.
+# Files already tracked by Git are not affected.
+# See: https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore
+
+## Python ##
 __pycache__
 .coverage
 .mypy_cache
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 24d6e98..b1ef40a 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ installation is as simple as `brew install pyenv pyenv-virtualenv` and
 adding this to your profile:
 
 ```bash
+export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"
+export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
+eval "$(pyenv init --path)"
 eval "$(pyenv init -)"
 eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)"
 ```
@@ -80,14 +83,35 @@ On WSL you should treat your platform as whatever Linux distribution
 you've chosen to install.
 
 Once you have installed `pyenv` you will need to add the following
-lines to your `.bashrc`:
+lines to your `.bash_profile` (or `.profile`):
+
+```bash
+export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"
+export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
+eval "$(pyenv init --path)"
+```
+
+and then add the following lines to your `.bashrc`:
 
 ```bash
-export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.pyenv/bin"
 eval "$(pyenv init -)"
 eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)"
 ```
 
+If you want more information about setting up `pyenv` once installed, please run
+
+```console
+pyenv init
+```
+
+and
+
+```console
+pyenv virtualenv-init
+```
+
+for the current configuration instructions.
+
 If you are using a shell other than `bash` you should follow the
 instructions that the `pyenv-installer` script outputs.