diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 902b8236..20063604 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ The codebase is maintained using the "contributor workflow" where everyone
 without exception contributes patch proposals using "pull requests". This
 facilitates social contribution, easy testing and peer review.
 
-To contribute a patch, the worflow is a as follows:
+To contribute a patch, the workflow is as follows:
 
   1. Fork Repository
   2. Create topic branch