diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index db31e9df8e28..a324d2ab7ad5 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ The various types of commits:
 - `feat`: (new feature for the user, not a new feature for build script)
 - `fix`: (bug fix for the user, not a fix to a build script)
 - `docs`: (changes to the documentation)
-- `style`: (formatting, missing semi colons, etc; no production code change)
+- `style`: (formatting, missing semicolons, etc; no production code change)
 - `refactor`: (refactoring production code, eg. renaming a variable)
 - `test`: (adding missing tests, refactoring tests; no production code change)
 - `chore`: (updating grunt tasks etc; no production code change)