diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index ad5f5c3..f41e7b2 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@ Contributions are welcome, but I have little time to invest in this project. I a
 # install dependencies
 pnpm install
 
-# type checking and style fixes
+# type checking and lint/format check (CI runs this)
 pnpm lint
 
+# everything lint does, plus auto-format and auto-fix lint issues
+pnpm fix
+
 # run tests
 pnpm test
 ```
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 82119a8..aebeeb2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "rm -rf dist && tsc --project tsconfig.build.esm.json && tsc --project tsconfig.build.cjs.json && echo '{\"type\":\"commonjs\"}' > dist/cjs/package.json",
-    "lint": "oxfmt && oxlint --fix && knip && tsc --noEmit",
+    "fix": "oxfmt && oxlint --fix && knip && tsc --noEmit",
+    "lint": "oxfmt --check && oxlint && knip && tsc --noEmit",
     "test": "node --test-concurrency=1 --test test/*.test.ts",
     "prepack": "pnpm build",
     "preuninstall": "node dist/esm/certs-cli.js -u",