diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index c2fb3a458b..4801a3faa8 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ empty application. But you can use the information from your production install
 Desktop to populate your testing application!
 
 First, exit both production and development apps (In macOS - literally quit the apps).
-Second, find your application data in the `userData` directory:
+Second, find your application data in the [userData](https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/app#appgetpathname) directory:
 
 - macOS: `~/Library/Application Support/Signal`
 - Linux: `~/.config/Signal`
@@ -164,8 +164,7 @@ Then you can start up the application a little differently to load the profile:
 NODE_APP_INSTANCE=alice yarn run start
 ```
 
-This changes the [userData](https://electron.atom.io/docs/all/#appgetpathname)
-directory from `%appData%/Signal` to `%appData%/Signal-aliceProfile`.
+This changes the `userData` directory from `%appData%/Signal` to `%appData%/Signal-aliceProfile`.
 
 # Making changes