diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 4c5ac8ab0556..c41cb02ba0a5 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -59,8 +59,12 @@
 /maintainers/scripts/doc @jtojnar @ryantm
 
 /doc/build-aux/pandoc-filters @jtojnar
-/doc/contributing/ @fricklerhandwerk
-/doc/contributing/contributing-to-documentation.chapter.md @jtojnar @fricklerhandwerk
+
+# Contributor documentation
+/CONTRIBUTING.md @infinisil
+/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+/doc/contributing/ @fricklerhandwerk @infinisil
+/doc/contributing/contributing-to-documentation.chapter.md @jtojnar @fricklerhandwerk @infinisil
 
 # NixOS Internals
 /nixos/default.nix                                    @infinisil