Added note on outdated docs, seek for help

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/docs/contribute.rst b/docs/contribute.rst
index efd984a8f..02055b463 100644
--- a/docs/contribute.rst
+++ b/docs/contribute.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ documentation tool.
 
 Since the `Ethereum tests <https://github.com/ethereum/tests>`_ repository is very
 large to clone locally, a convenient way to contribute to the documentation is to 
-make a fork of the test repo, add the changes online with the GitHub markdown editor
+make a fork of the test repo, add the changes online with the GitHub 
+`reStructuredText <http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/stable/rest.html>`_ editor
 and then open a PR.
 
 If you want to clone to your desk you might want to make use of ``git clone --depth 1``
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 02977a2a6..cfd45916f 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ Ethereum Tests
 | This section describes basic test concepts and templates which are created by cpp-client. 
 |
 
+.. note::
+   Larger parts of the test docs are currently outdated (see :ref:`contribute` on how to
+   help).
+
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
    :caption: Contents:
@@ -20,6 +24,7 @@ Ethereum Tests
    vm_tests/index.rst
    contribute.rst
 
+   
 
 Indices and tables
 ==================