diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 1f8f0db427..e5c28a10a9 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -49,18 +49,31 @@ Please see the [Contributor Guide in `PowerShell/PowerShell-Docs`](https://githu
 
 #### Spellchecking documentation
 
-Documentation are spellchecked. We make use of the
+Documentation is spellchecked. We use the
 [markdown-spellcheck](https://github.com/lukeapage/node-markdown-spellcheck) command line tool,
 which can be run in interactive mode to correct typos or add words to the ignore list
 (`.spelling` at the repository root).
 
-To run the spellchecker, follow the steps as follows:
+To run the spellchecker, follow these steps:
 
 * install [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) (v6.4.0 or up)
 * install [markdown-spellcheck](https://github.com/lukeapage/node-markdown-spellcheck) by
   `npm install -g markdown-spellcheck` (v0.11.0 or up)
 * run `mdspell "**/*.md" --ignore-numbers --ignore-acronyms --en-us`
-* if the `.spelling` file is updated, commit and push it
+* if the `.spelling` file is updated, commit and push it  
+
+#### Checking links in documentation  
+
+Documentation is link-checked. We make use of the
+markdown-link-check command line tool,
+which can be run to see if any links are dead.  
+
+To run the link-checker, follow these steps:
+
+* install [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) (v6.4.0 or up)
+* install markdown-link-check by
+  `npm install -g markdown-link-check@3.7.2` (v3.7.2 **only**)
+* run `find . \*.md -exec markdown-link-check {} \;`
 
 ## Contributing to Code
 
@@ -177,6 +190,7 @@ Additional references:
   Company = "Microsoft Corporation"
   Copyright = "Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved."
   ```
+  is at the top.  
 
 ### Pull Request - Work in Progress
 
@@ -192,7 +206,7 @@ Additional references:
 * After submitting your pull request,
   our [CI system (Azure DevOps Pipelines)][ci-system]
   will run a suite of tests and automatically update the status of the pull request.
-* Our CI contains automated spellchecking. If there is any false-positive,
+* Our CI contains automated spellchecking and link checking for markdown files. If there is any false-positive,
   [run the spellchecker command line tool in interactive mode](#spellchecking-documentation)
   to add words to the `.spelling` file.
 * Our packaging test may not pass and ask you to update `files.wxs` file if you add/remove/update nuget package references or add/remove assert files.
diff --git a/test/common/markdown/markdown.tests.ps1 b/test/common/markdown/markdown.tests.ps1
index e6203e43c6..e3b9c29f13 100644
--- a/test/common/markdown/markdown.tests.ps1
+++ b/test/common/markdown/markdown.tests.ps1
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ Describe 'Common Tests - Validate Markdown Files' -Tag 'CI' {
                 './docs/testing-guidelines/testing-guidelines.md'
                 './test/powershell/README.md'
                 './tools/*.md'
+                './github/CONTRIBUTING.md'
             )
             $filter = ($docsToTest -join ',')