diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 3b9ed73b81..b641215c0b 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -168,3 +168,10 @@ repos:
         name: run editorconfig-checker
         description: a tool to verify that your files are in harmony with your .editorconfig
         alias: ec
+  - repo: https://github.com/python-jsonschema/check-jsonschema
+    rev: 0.37.2
+    hooks:
+      - id: check-citation-file-format
+        name: run check-citation-file-format
+        description: validate citation file format
+        files: ^CITATION\.cff$
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 8a94a6ec9e..4c3a8ead95 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 # under the License.
 
 cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: If you use this software, please cite it as below.
 title: Apache Shiro
 type: software
 authors: