diff --git a/contributing.md b/contributing.md
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--- a/contributing.md
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@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ to create a [GitHub pull request](https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-re
 1. Create a branch for your work
 2. Create a pull request for this branch against the `next-release` branch
 3. Push into the branch until the pull request is ready to merge
-4. Avoid unnecessary merges: keep you branch up to date by regularly rebasing `git rebase origin next-release`
+4. Avoid unnecessary merges: keep you branch up to date by regularly rebasing `git rebase origin/next-release`
 5. When ready to merge, clean up the history (reorder commits, squash some of them together, rephrase messages): `git rebase -i`