From 1b02d95ad25e913ce703643fb2eab7ecb6231c8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mayukha Vadari <mvadari@ripple.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 16:20:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] update CONTRIBUTING

---
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index eac8d440..656961ec 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ npm run docgen
 
 This updates `docs/` at the top level, where GitHub Pages looks for the docs.
 
+## Update `definitions.json`
+Use [this repo](https://github.com/RichardAH/xrpl-codec-gen) to generate a new `definitions.json` file from the rippled source code. Instructions are available in that README.
+
 ## Adding and removing packages
 
 `xrpl.js` uses `lerna` and `npm`'s workspaces features to manage a monorepo.