diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 5dd9d1474..32b10cf49 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ If you did not use your copy of iD for some while, other Pull Request gets merge
 
 `git remote add upstream git@github.com:openstreetmap/iD.git`
 
-Then change to the `develop branch and get everything from upstream (the main repository)
+Then change to the `develop` branch and get everything from upstream (the main repository)
 
 `git checkout develop ; git fetch --all && git reset --hard upstream/develop`