diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index c4ccc1b9f..b4e0bc024 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ To help with that, we encourage you to install the git pre-commit
 hook that will warn you when you try to commit code that fails these checks. 
 Guide for installing them is [here](http://flake8.pycqa.org/en/latest/user/using-hooks.html).
 
+##### Additional styles applied
+
+* Have docstrings on all public methods
+* Use double-quotes for docstrings
+* Multiline docstrings should be indented to the level of the first quote
+* Doc-strings should follow the reST format (`:param xxx: ...`, `:return: ...`, `:raises KeyError: ... `)
+
 ### 3. Test if all type-hints are correct
 
 #### Run mypy
diff --git a/docs/developer.md b/docs/developer.md
index 01f274131..b69a70aa3 100644
--- a/docs/developer.md
+++ b/docs/developer.md
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ Alternatively (e.g. if your system is not supported by the setup.sh script), fol
 
 This will install all required tools for development, including `pytest`, `flake8`, `mypy`, and `coveralls`.
 
+Before opening a pull request, please familiarize yourself with our [Contributing Guidelines](https://github.com/freqtrade/freqtrade/blob/develop/CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
 ### Devcontainer setup
 
 The fastest and easiest way to get started is to use [VSCode](https://code.visualstudio.com/) with the Remote container extension.
diff --git a/freqtrade/persistence/models.py b/freqtrade/persistence/models.py
index 61e59b7c3..df3b71acb 100644
--- a/freqtrade/persistence/models.py
+++ b/freqtrade/persistence/models.py
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ class Order(_DECL_BASE):
     @staticmethod
     def get_open_orders() -> List['Order']:
         """
+        Retrieve open orders from the database
+        :return: List of open orders
         """
         return Order.query.filter(Order.ft_is_open.is_(True)).all()