diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 4e7f33bd..0a25adc7 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ Enhancement suggestions are tracked as
 
 There is a [coding style document](CodingStyle.md) next to this guide.
 
+Please install the [pre-commit hooks](.pre-commit-config.yaml) via `pre-commit
+install`.
+
 <!-- omit in toc -->
 ## Attribution
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 96d18b37..68404e4a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -108,3 +108,11 @@ Please see the [contributing document](CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
 Developers shall use the coding style rules in the [coding style
 file](CodingStyle.md).
+
+There is a [cpplint configuration](CPPLINT.cfg) included as well that is
+automatically checked via [pre-commit hooks](.pre-commit-config.yaml). So
+please install the pre-commit hooks via
+
+```bash
+pre-commit install
+```