diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 98e4ef4..bd37bfb 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -21,11 +21,47 @@ I do not request the copyright of contributions be assigned to me or to the proj
 be allowed to relicense your contributions. My personal oath is to maintain inbound=outbound in my open source projects,
 and the expectation is authors are responsible for their contributions.
 
-I am following the the [Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO)](https://developercertificate.org/), also available at
-`DCO.txt`. The DCO 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`.
+I am following the [Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO)](https://developercertificate.org/), reproduced below. The DCO
+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.