diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 265a74252363..31a75b7439fa 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -66,6 +66,6 @@ yarn add --dev @tsconfig/strictest
 ```
 cargo xtask dist --client-patch-version 42
 ```
-which will cause a copy of the server to be places in `editors/code/server/`
+which will cause a copy of the server to be placed in `editors/code/server/`
 The number you pass in will be concatenated to "0.4" to form the extension's
 version number.