diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
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--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 
 - :doc:`tutorials`
 
+   + `NDN Software Contributor's Guide <https://github.com/named-data/NFD/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md>`__ (guide for newcomers to the NDN community of software generally)
+
    + :doc:`tutorials/utils-ndn-regex`
    + :doc:`tutorials/security-validator-config`