diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 485881382..9eabaf0a3 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ Both API and implementation stability are important to Nighthawk. Since the API
 
 * Generally Nighthawk mirrors [Envoy's policy](https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#pr-review-policy-for-maintainers) with respect to maintainer review policy.
 * See [OWNERS.md](OWNERS.md) for the current list of maintainers.
+* It is helpful if you apply the label `waiting-for-review` to any PRs that are ready to be reviewed by a maintainer.
+  * Reviewers will change the label to `waiting-for-changes` when responding.
 
 # DCO: Sign your work
 
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.md b/MAINTAINERS.md
index bd255c79c..8535ce1a3 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS.md
+++ b/MAINTAINERS.md
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ Envoy internals.
 - New features should be added to the [version history](docs/root/version_history.md).
 - Breaking changes to the [protobuf APIs](api/) are not allowed.
 - When merging, clean up the commit message so we get a nice history. By default,
-  github will compile a messages from all the commits that are squashed.
+  github will compile a message from all the commits that are squashed.
   The PR title and description should be a good starting point for the final commit message. 
   (If it is not, it may be worth asking the PR author to update the description).
+- Make sure that the DCO signoff is included in the final commit message.
+  - As a convention, it is appropriate to exclude content in the PR description that occurs after the signoff.
 
 ## Updates to the Envoy dependency
 
diff --git a/OWNERS.md b/OWNERS.md
index d53194152..69b50ca69 100644
--- a/OWNERS.md
+++ b/OWNERS.md
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ routing PRs, questions, etc. to the right place.
   * Envoy internals and architecture.
 * Jakub Sobon ([mum4k](https://github.com/mum4k)) (mumak@google.com)
   * APIs, general functionality and miscellany.
+* Nathan Perry ([dubious90](https://github.com/dubious90)) (nbperry@google.com)
+  * APIs and general functionality.
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