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@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ This project is an umbrella and the git repository is used only for
 documentation (see gh-pages branch). Home page: http://projects.spring.io/spring-cloud.
 
 The sub-projects of Spring Cloud live in a different Github
-organization: https://github.com/spring-cloud
+organization: https://github.com/spring-cloud. Please use the 
+issue trackers in the individual projects there to report bugs and 
+request new features. Each project has a README with instructions
+on how to build the source code and how to contribute ideas and code.
 
 If you are looking for the project formerly known as Spring Cloud, please 
 go https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-connectors.