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diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
index 9fa5a79c85..b9cc6e67ae 100644
--- a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
@@ -32,9 +32,12 @@ The mailing list for DPDK development is `dev@dpdk.org <https://mails.dpdk.org/a
 Contributors will need to `register for the mailing list <https://mails.dpdk.org/listinfo/dev>`_ in order to submit patches.
 It is also worth registering for the DPDK `Patchwork <https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/>`_
 
-If you are using the GitHub service, you can link your repository to
-the ``travis-ci.org`` build service.  When you push patches to your GitHub
-repository, the travis service will automatically build your changes.
+If you are using the GitHub service, pushing to a branch will trigger GitHub
+Actions to automatically build your changes and run unit tests and ABI checks.
+
+Additionally, a Travis configuration is available in DPDK but Travis free usage
+is limited to a few builds.
+You can link your repository to the ``travis-ci.com`` build service.
 
 The development process requires some familiarity with the ``git`` version control system.
 Refer to the `Pro Git Book <http://www.git-scm.com/book/>`_ for further information.
@@ -427,13 +430,16 @@ updating the Linux kernel sources.
 
 The path to the original Linux script must be set in the environment variable ``DPDK_CHECKPATCH_PATH``.
 
-Spell checking of commonly misspelled words
-can be enabled by downloading the codespell dictionary::
+Spell checking of commonly misspelled words is enabled
+by default if installed in ``/usr/share/codespell/dictionary.txt``.
+A different dictionary path can be specified
+in the environment variable ``DPDK_CHECKPATCH_CODESPELL``.
 
-   https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codespell-project/codespell/master/codespell_lib/data/dictionary.txt
+There is a DPDK script to build an adjusted dictionary
+from the multiple codespell dictionaries::
 
-The path to the downloaded ``dictionary.txt`` must be set
-in the environment variable ``DPDK_CHECKPATCH_CODESPELL``.
+   git clone https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell.git
+   devtools/build-dict.sh codespell/ > codespell-dpdk.txt
 
 Environment variables required by the development tools,
 are loaded from the following files, in order of preference::
@@ -484,7 +490,8 @@ Checking ABI compatibility
 By default, ABI compatibility checks are disabled.
 
 To enable them, a reference version must be selected via the environment
-variable ``DPDK_ABI_REF_VERSION``.
+variable ``DPDK_ABI_REF_VERSION``. Contributors should ordinarily reference the
+git tag of the most recent release of DPDK in ``DPDK_ABI_REF_VERSION``.
 
 The ``devtools/test-meson-builds.sh`` script then build this reference version
 in a temporary directory and store the results in a subfolder of the current
@@ -492,6 +499,10 @@ working directory.
 The environment variable ``DPDK_ABI_REF_DIR`` can be set so that the results go
 to a different location.
 
+Sample::
+
+   DPDK_ABI_REF_VERSION=v19.11 DPDK_ABI_REF_DIR=/tmp ./devtools/test-meson-builds.sh
+
 
 Sending Patches
 ---------------