diff --git a/Contributing-to-the-project.md b/Contributing-to-the-project.md
index 7504c38..8bed7f0 100644
--- a/Contributing-to-the-project.md
+++ b/Contributing-to-the-project.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Git even has a `-s | --signoff` command line option to append this automatically
 
 [[How to amend a Signoff]]
 
-If you have authored a commit that is missing the `Signed-off by` line, you can amend your commits
+If you have authored a commit that is missing the `Signed-off-by` line, you can amend your commits
 and push them to GitHub
 
 `$ git commit --amend --signoff`