diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.adoc b/CONTRIBUTING.adoc
index 681b311c..e50b8040 100755
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.adoc
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.adoc
@@ -40,10 +40,7 @@ Active contributors might be asked to join the core team, and given the ability
None of these is essential for a pull request, but they will all help. They can also be
added after the original pull request but before a merge.
-* We use the https://github.com/spring-io/spring-javaformat/[Spring JavaFormat] project to apply code formatting conventions.
- If you use Eclipse and you follow the '`Importing into eclipse`' instructions below you should get project specific formatting automatically.
- You can also install the https://github.com/spring-io/spring-javaformat/#intellij-idea[Spring JavaFormat IntelliJ Plugin] or format the code from the Gradle build by running `./gradlew format`.
-// NYI: Note that if you have format violations in `buildSrc`, you can fix them by running `./gradlew -p buildSrc format` from the project root directory.
+* We use the https://github.com/spring-io/spring-javaformat/[Spring JavaFormat] project to apply code formatting conventions. The code can be formatted from the Gradle build by running `./gradlew format`. The code can also be formatted from your IDE when the formatter plugin https://github.com/spring-projects-experimental/spring-pulsar/wiki/Working-with-the-Code#install-the-spring-formatter-plugin[has been installed].
* The build includes Checkstyle rules for many of our code conventions. Run `./gradlew checkstyleMain checkstyleTest` if you want to check your changes are compliant.
* Make sure all new `.java` files have a Javadoc class comment with at least an `@author` tag identifying you, and preferably at least a paragraph on what the class is for.
* Add the ASF license header comment to all new `.java` files (copy from existing files in the project).
diff --git a/idea/codeStyleConfig.xml b/idea/codeStyleConfig.xml
index cd1c76fe..94162bb1 100644
--- a/idea/codeStyleConfig.xml
+++ b/idea/codeStyleConfig.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
+ static="false"/>
@@ -53,16 +53,15 @@
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@
+ static="false"/>
diff --git a/src/checkstyle/checkstyle-suppressions.xml b/src/checkstyle/checkstyle-suppressions.xml
index 552efb75..912377c7 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/checkstyle-suppressions.xml
+++ b/src/checkstyle/checkstyle-suppressions.xml
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@
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