diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 446eb1189ad62fe19b7d17bc4b3ab00a195e554f..7f5da063fd49460a34be2d4d322244a8507ca09e 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ The channels people will reach out on can be found on the [getting help page](ht
 Sign up for the mailinglist, answer GitLab questions on StackOverflow or respond in the IRC channel.
 You can also sign up on [CodeTriage](http://www.codetriage.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq) to help with one issue every day.
 
+## I want to contribute!
+
+If you want to contribute to GitLab, but are not sure where to start,
+look for [issues](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues?milestone_id=&scope=all&sort=created_desc&state=opened&utf8=%E2%9C%93&assignee_id=&author_id=&milestone_title=&label_name=up-for-grabs)
+with the label `up-for-grabs`.
+These issues will be of reasonable size and challenge, for anyone to start
+contributing to GitLab.
+
+This was inspired by [an article by Kent C. Dodds](https://medium.com/@kentcdodds/first-timers-only-78281ea47455#.i2f363mx4).
+
 ## Issue tracker
 
 To get support for your particular problem please use the [getting help channels](https://about.gitlab.com/getting-help/).
diff --git a/PROCESS.md b/PROCESS.md
index 482ad5fe9e1aae5d7007a690bf032de5d1023e84..72fc3481447caec2189bb2c8316c8f54695cbbcf 100644
--- a/PROCESS.md
+++ b/PROCESS.md
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Workflow labels are purposely not very detailed since that would be hard to keep
 - *UX* needs needs help from a UX designer
 - *Frontend* needs help from a Front-end engineer
 - *Graphics* needs help from a Graphics designer
+- *up-for-grabs* is an issue suitable for first-time contributors, of reasonable difficulty and size. Not exclusive with other labels.
 
 Example workflow: when a UX designer provided a design but it needs frontend work they remove the UX label and add the frontend label.
 
diff --git a/doc/install/installation.md b/doc/install/installation.md
index 3f5c03a890af82daeea2cf947597b8b9b1cc509a..618391e16d224b3d5b5ad66a01beda0f72b8d318 100644
--- a/doc/install/installation.md
+++ b/doc/install/installation.md
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ We recommend using a PostgreSQL database. For MySQL check [MySQL setup guide](da
 GitLab Shell is an SSH access and repository management software developed specially for GitLab.
 
     # Run the installation task for gitlab-shell (replace `REDIS_URL` if needed):
-    sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:shell:install[v2.6.7] REDIS_URL=unix:/var/run/redis/redis.sock RAILS_ENV=production
+    sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:shell:install REDIS_URL=unix:/var/run/redis/redis.sock RAILS_ENV=production
 
     # By default, the gitlab-shell config is generated from your main GitLab config.
     # You can review (and modify) the gitlab-shell config as follows:
diff --git a/doc/update/8.1-to-8.2.md b/doc/update/8.1-to-8.2.md
index b57e999cfb7da1d17726124142fbee6625d193d6..7b228d6a22fcfd82e644e9cb6407952ab01175fd 100644
--- a/doc/update/8.1-to-8.2.md
+++ b/doc/update/8.1-to-8.2.md
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ sudo -u git -H git checkout 8-2-stable-ee
 ```bash
 cd /home/git/gitlab-shell
 sudo -u git -H git fetch
-sudo -u git -H git checkout v2.6.7
+sudo -u git -H git checkout v2.6.8
 ```
 
 ### 5. Replace gitlab-git-http-server with gitlab-workhorse