diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 9b568ddc649bb3f6480ea0957a5b63c530780dfc..30a617aafd5609657dd65ef38add093776d9675f 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ forking the repository and sending a pull request.
 
 When submitting code, please make every effort to follow existing conventions
 and style in order to keep the code as readable as possible. Please also make
-sure your code compiles by running `mvn clean verify`. Checkstyle failures
-during compilation indicate errors in your style and can be viewed in the
-`checkstyle-result.xml` file.
+sure your code compiles by running `./gradlew build` (or `gradlew.bat build` on Windows).
 
 Before your code can be accepted into the project you must also sign the
 [Individual Contributor License Agreement (CLA)][1].
diff --git a/website/index.html b/website/index.html
index 9c2a89bbccaf4a2ed4e141411fde682878a6b3b6..a4db4d34c5b44f1755a30dc5decb58bdd62846c8 100644
--- a/website/index.html
+++ b/website/index.html
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ implementation 'com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:<span class="version pln"><em>(i
             <section id="contributing">
               <h3>Contributing</h3>
               <p>If you would like to contribute code you can do so through GitHub by forking the repository and sending a pull request.</p>
-              <p>When submitting code, please make every effort to follow existing conventions and style in order to keep the code as readable as possible. Please also make sure your code compiles by running <code>mvn clean verify</code>.</p>
+              <p>When submitting code, please make every effort to follow existing conventions and style in order to keep the code as readable as possible. Please also make sure your code compiles by running <code>./gradlew build</code> (or <code>gradlew.bat build</code> for Windows).</p>
               <p>Before your code can be accepted into the project you must also sign the <a href="https://squ.re/sign-the-cla">Individual Contributor License Agreement (CLA)</a>.</p>
             </section>