diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING b/CONTRIBUTING
index a3479bfda..55cad4b4d 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ This project accepts contributions. In order to contribute, you should
 pay attention to a few things:
 
     1 - your code must follow the coding style rules
-    2 - the format of the submission must Github pull requests
+    2 - the format of the submission must be Github pull requests
     3 - your work must be signed