diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index ba7ae49f..a61ae246 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -5,17 +5,19 @@
 To translate the letter, copy `index.md` into `_translation/`
 and name it `index_lang.md` where `lang` is language code you are going to translate into.
 
-Then you can start translating this file.
-
-To display translation in the translations list, simply add `emoji` attribute to the document as follows:
+Make sure to set `locale` to the appropriate language code. Then you can start translating this file.
 
 For example: `_translations/index_de.md`
 
 ```md
 ---
 layout: signed
-...
-emoji: 🇩🇪
+title: An open letter in support of Richard M. Stallman
+description: An open letter in support of Richard Matthew Stallman being reinstated by the Free Software Foundation
+image: /assets/social-media-preview.png
+locale: de_DE
+twitter:
+  card: summary_large_image
 ---
 
 2021-03-23
@@ -25,4 +27,4 @@ Richard M. Stallman, ...
 
 There are lots of translation already, if you feel lost, be sure to check out how its done in other ones.
 
-When you translated the text, added emoji attribut you can commit your change and make pull request.
+When you translated the text you can commit your change and make pull request.