diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING b/CONTRIBUTING
index 9011855ab..6f84d561a 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ About these guidelines
  - These guidelines, the coding style, the format are for the sake of the
    project and everyone who contributes and helps maintain the project.  They
    are not done so much for the sake of myself as the maintainer, but for the
-   sake of everyone.  These guidelines helps ensure better code, better
-   conitribution, better cooperation, and code that (hopefully) everyone can
+   sake of everyone.  These guidelines help ensure better code, better
+   contribution, better cooperation, and code that (hopefully) everyone can
    contribute to on some measure of even ground.  Everyone has their own
    personal style but sometimes there just has to be common ground for the sake
    of the project as a whole.