diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 54e5a8f6b..9cfa80cbb 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ sbt uses two branches for development:
    $ mkdir sbt-modules
    $ cd sbt-modules
    $ for i in sbt io util librarymanagement zinc; do \
-     git clone https://github.com/sbt/$i.git && (cd $i; git checkout -b develop origin/develp)
+     git clone https://github.com/sbt/$i.git && (cd $i; git checkout -b develop origin/develop)
    done
    $ cd sbt
    $ ./sbt-allsources.sh