diff --git a/docs/07-Contributing/developing.md b/docs/07-Contributing/developing.md
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--- a/docs/07-Contributing/developing.md
+++ b/docs/07-Contributing/developing.md
@@ -190,23 +190,12 @@ In order to certify the provenance of commits and defend against impersonation,
 Documentation for setting up Git and Github to sign your commits can be found [here](https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/managing-commit-signature-verification/signing-commits).
 Additional information about Git's use of GPG can be found [here](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Signing-Your-Work)
 
-This can be accomplished by providing a `-S` flag to `git commit` as documented [here](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-commit#Documentation/git-commit.txt--Sltkeyidgt)
+> To configure your Git client to sign commits by default for a local repository, run `git config --add commit.gpgsign true`.
+
+For **GitHub Codespaces** users, please follow [this doc](https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces/managing-your-codespaces/managing-gpg-verification-for-github-codespaces) to configure GitHub to automatically use GPG to sign commits you make in your Codespaces.
 
 ### Developers Certificate of Origin (DCO)
 
 Contributions to Retina must contain a Developers Certificate of Origin within their constituent commits.
 This can be accomplished by providing a `-s` flag to `git commit` as documented [here](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-commit#Documentation/git-commit.txt--s).
 This will add a `Signed-off-by` trailer to your Git commit, affirming your acceptance of the Contributor License Agreement.
-
-### Example commit
-
-Here is an example development flow to add a change made to file `docs/07-Contributing/developing.md`
-
-```sh
-git checkout -b feat-branch-1
-git add docs/07-Contributing/developing.md
-git commit -m "fix(doc): update contributing docs" -sS
-git push origin feat-branch-1 -u
-```
-
-After committing your change, when accessing [retina project's repo](https://github.com/microsoft/retina) you will get a prompt to create a PR from your fork.