diff --git a/Contributing.md b/Contributing.md
index d3824aa0d9a89c0968f7b0d4bfe29fcd21e701f4..d21e92dfeaeb49f9af67faa19c3eb07c920af7da 100644
--- a/Contributing.md
+++ b/Contributing.md
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ To setup your local repository for development:
 ```
 [chuck@hal9000 Code]$ mkdir adios
 [chuck@hal9000 Code]$ cd adios
+#
+# If you don't have ssh access setup to your github repository then you will
+# need to clone your fork from
+# https://github.com/<your-GitHub-username-here>/adios2.git
+# instead of
+# git@github.com:<your-GitHub-username-here>/adios2.git
+#
 [chuck@hal9000 adios]$ git clone git@github.com:<your-GitHub-username-here>/adios2.git source
 Cloning into 'source'...
 remote: Counting objects: 4535, done.
diff --git a/scripts/developer/git/setup-aliases b/scripts/developer/git/setup-aliases
index b0f19ae7ba08e853b51459dcd103a0a980e662a7..bf2f6c298365f828675fe64fd687482d4592534f 100755
--- a/scripts/developer/git/setup-aliases
+++ b/scripts/developer/git/setup-aliases
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ echo "Setting up git aliases..."
 if ! which clang-format 1>/dev/null 2>&1
 then
   echo "Warning: ADIOS uses clang-format to enforce style guidelines but no"
-  echo "         clang-format binary was found in tyour path"
+  echo "         clang-format binary was found in your path"
 fi
 
 if ! git config alias.clang-format "!scripts/developer/git/git-clang-format"