diff --git a/contribute.rst b/contribute.rst index 19f34b55f..17527ab32 100644 --- a/contribute.rst +++ b/contribute.rst @@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ Changes are submitted as Git commits. Each commit message must contain: * A short and descriptive subject line that is less than 72 characters, followed by a blank line. The subject line must include a prefix that identifies the subsystem being changed, followed by a colon, and a short - title, for example: ``doc: upda te commit guidelines instructions``. + title, for example: ``doc: update commit guidelines instructions``. (If you're updating an existing file, you can use ``git log `` to see what developers used as the prefix for previous patches of this file.)