diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-monitoring/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/packages/google-cloud-monitoring/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index ef3cb34f66fd..c07f148f0b0b 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-monitoring/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-monitoring/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/repo-automation-bots/owlbot-python:latest
-  digest: sha256:1456ea2b3b523ccff5e13030acef56d1de28f21249c62aa0f196265880338fa7
+  digest: sha256:0ffe3bdd6c7159692df5f7744da74e5ef19966288a6bf76023e8e04e0c424d7d
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-monitoring/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/packages/google-cloud-monitoring/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index 703396567aba..a379d7e0b55c 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-monitoring/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-monitoring/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ Coding Style
    export GOOGLE_CLOUD_TESTING_BRANCH="main"
 
   By doing this, you are specifying the location of the most up-to-date
-  version of ``python-monitoring``. The the suggested remote name ``upstream``
-  should point to the official ``googleapis`` checkout and the
-  the branch should be the main branch on that remote (``main``).
+  version of ``python-monitoring``. The
+  remote name ``upstream`` should point to the official ``googleapis``
+  checkout and the branch should be the default branch on that remote (``main``).
 
 - This repository contains configuration for the
   `pre-commit <https://pre-commit.com/>`__ tool, which automates checking