diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1e930bf..e9b80ed 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/pboettch/json-schema-validator.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/pboettch/json-schema-validator)
 
 # JSON schema validator for JSON for Modern C++
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ is rather simple.
 
 Although significant changes have been done for the 2nd version
 (a complete rewrite) the API is compatible with the 1.0.0 release. Except for
-the namespace which is now `nlohmann::json_schema.
+the namespace which is now `nlohmann::json_schema`.
 
 Version **2** supports JSON schema draft 7, whereas 1 was supporting draft 4
 only. Please update your schemas.
@@ -101,6 +100,7 @@ By default a static library is built. Shared libraries can be generated by using
 the `BUILD_SHARED_LIBS`-cmake variable:
 
 In your initial call to cmake simply add:
+
 ```bash
 cmake [..] -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON [..]
 ```
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ and
 ```CMake
 target_link_libraries(<your-target> [..] nlohmann_json_schema_validator)
 ```
+
 to build and link.
 
 ## Code
@@ -298,9 +299,10 @@ json_validator validator(loader, // or nullptr for no loader
 
 Supported formats: `date-time, date, time, email, hostname, ipv4, ipv6, uuid, regex`
 
-More formats can be added in `src/string-format-check.cpp`. Please contribute implementions for missing json schema draft formats. 
+More formats can be added in `src/string-format-check.cpp`. Please contribute implementions for missing json schema draft formats.
 
 ## Default value processing
+
 As a result of the validation, the library returns a json patch including the default values of the specified schema.
 
 ```C++
@@ -348,15 +350,17 @@ int main()
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
 ```
+
 The example above will output the specified default values `{"height":10,"width":20}` to stdout.
+
 > Note that the default value specified in a `$ref` may be overridden by the current instance location. Also note that this behavior will break draft-7, but it is compliant to newer drafts (e.g. `2019-09` or `2020-12`).
 
 # Contributing
 
-Before opening a pull request, please apply the coding style given in the
-`.clang-format` by running clang-format from the git top-level for all touched
-files:
+This project uses [`pre-commit`](https://pre-commit.com/) to enforce style-checks. Please install and run it before
+creating commits and making pull requests.
 
-```shell
-git diff master --name-only | grep '\.[ch]pp$' | xargs -P 3 -I{} clang-format -i {}
+```console
+$ pip install pre-commit
+$ pre-commit install
 ```