Flesh out readme and fix typo

 CONTRIBUTING.md | 2 +-
 README.md       | 9 ++++++---
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 029237d..fdc4c94 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ## Contributing to river
 
 Contributing is a simple as opening a pull request on our github. You'll likely
-have find more success with your contribution if you hop on our
+have more success with your contribution if you hop on our
 [matrix channel](https://matrix.to/#/#river:matrix.org) to discuss your plans
 first.
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4f31ea5..1fdef48 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ river is a dynamic wayland compositor that takes inspiration from
 [dwm](https://dwm.suckless.org) and
 [bspwm](https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm).
 
-*Note: river is currently early in development and not yet ready for
-the average end user*
+*Note: river is currently early in development and may lack some
+features. If there are specific features blocking you from using river,
+don't hesitate to
+[open an issue](https://github.com/ifreund/river/issues/new)*
 
 ## Design goals
 
@@ -40,7 +42,8 @@ from a tty using KMS/DRM.
 Keybinds are similar to the defaults of dwm, but using the "logo key"
 instead of alt. Check out the comments in [config.zig](src/config.zig) for
 a complete list of bindings. Note that the terminal emulator is currently
-hardcoded to [alacritty](https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty).
+hardcoded to [alacritty](https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty) but
+may be changed by editing [config.zig](src/config.zig) and recompiling.
 
 ## Development