diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
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@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ For an example of a Docker-based deployment with Patroni, see `Spilo <https://gi
 
 For additional background info, see:
 
-* `Elephants on Automatic: HA Clustered PostgreSQL with Helm <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CftcVhFMGSY>`_, talk by Josh Berkus and Oleksii Kliukin at KubeCon Berlin 2017 
+* `Elephants on Automatic: HA Clustered PostgreSQL with Helm <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CftcVhFMGSY>`_, talk by Josh Berkus and Oleksii Kliukin at KubeCon Berlin 2017
 * `PostgreSQL HA with Kubernetes and Patroni <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iruaCgeG7qs>`__, talk by Josh Berkus at KubeCon 2016 (video)
 * `Feb. 2016 Zalando Tech blog post <https://tech.zalando.de/blog/zalandos-patroni-a-template-for-high-availability-postgresql/>`__
 
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ Patroni is in active development and accepts contributions. See our `Contributin
 
 We report new releases information `here <https://github.com/zalando/patroni/releases>`__.
 
+=========
+Community
+=========
+
+There are two places to connect with the Patroni community: `on github <https://github.com/zalando/patroni>`__, via Issues and PRs, and on channel #patroni in the `PostgreSQL Slack <https://postgres-slack.herokuapp.com/>`__.  If you're using Patroni, or just interested, please join us.
+
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 Technical Requirements/Installation
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diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.rst
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@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ Contributing guidelines
 
 Wanna contribute to Patroni? Yay - here is how!
 
+Chatting
+--------
+
+Just want to chat with other Patroni users?  Looking for interactive troubleshooting help? Join us on channel #patroni in the `PostgreSQL Slack <https://postgres-slack.herokuapp.com/>`__.
+
 Reporting issues
 ----------------