diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index abb1e751dd..94c5299069 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ nox -Re ansible-test-sanity-devel -- plugins/modules/system/pids.py tests/integr
 nox -R
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-If you replace `-Re` with `-e`, respectively. leave `-R` away, then the virtual environments will be re-created. The `-R` re-uses them (if they already exist).
+If you replace `-Re` with `-e`, respectively. If you leave `-R` away, then the virtual environments will be re-created. The `-R` re-uses them (if they already exist).
 
 ### Unit tests