diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 54c048d..b8e93f8 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -5,11 +5,47 @@ document outlines the process to get your contribution accepted.
 
 ## Sign Offs/Custody of Contributions
 
-The Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO) is a way for contributors to certify that they wrote or otherwise have the
-right to license their code contributions to the project. The full text of the DCO can be found
-[here](https://developercertificate.org/) or in `DCO.txt`. Contributors must sign-off that they adhere to these
-requirements by adding a `Signed-off-by` line to their commit message, and/or, for frequent contributors, by signing off
-on their entry in `MAINTAINERS.md`.
+The [Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO)](https://developercertificate.org/), reproduced below, is a way for
+contributors to certify that they wrote or otherwise have the right to license their code contributions to the project.
+Contributors must sign-off that they adhere to these requirements by adding a `Signed-off-by` line to their commit
+message, and/or, for frequent contributors, by signing off on their entry in `MAINTAINERS.md`.
+
+```
+Developer Certificate of Origin
+Version 1.1
+
+Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors.
+
+Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
+license document, but changing it is not allowed.
+
+
+Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
+
+By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
+
+(a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
+    have the right to submit it under the open source license
+    indicated in the file; or
+
+(b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
+    of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
+    license and I have the right under that license to submit that
+    work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
+    by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
+    permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
+    in the file; or
+
+(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
+    person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
+    it.
+
+(d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
+    are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
+    personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
+    maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
+    this project or the open source license(s) involved.
+```
 
 This process is followed by a number of open source projects, most notably the Linux kernel. Here's the gist of it:
 
diff --git a/DCO.txt b/DCO.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 49b8cb0..0000000
--- a/DCO.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-Developer Certificate of Origin
-Version 1.1
-
-Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors.
-
-Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
-license document, but changing it is not allowed.
-
-
-Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
-
-By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
-
-(a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
-    have the right to submit it under the open source license
-    indicated in the file; or
-
-(b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
-    of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
-    license and I have the right under that license to submit that
-    work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
-    by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
-    permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
-    in the file; or
-
-(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
-    person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
-    it.
-
-(d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
-    are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
-    personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
-    maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
-    this project or the open source license(s) involved.