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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.
 
 You can find the code of conduct in the file [code_of_conduct.md](code_of_conduct.md).
 
-| NB: the rule designer is developed over at [pmd/pmd-designer](https://github.com/pmd/pmd-designer). Please refer to the specific [contributor documentation](https://github.com/pmd/pmd-designer#contributing) if your issue, feature request or PR touches the designer.  |
+| NB: the rule designer is developed over at [pmd/pmd-designer](https://github.com/pmd/pmd-designer). Please refer to the specific [contributor documentation](https://github.com/pmd/pmd-designer/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) if your issue, feature request or PR touches the designer.  |
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 ## Pull requests