diff --git a/docs/internals/contributing.txt b/docs/internals/contributing.txt
index 4ec6e5d26d..82c5da5f59 100644
--- a/docs/internals/contributing.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/contributing.txt
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ will not work. (Internally, ``setttings`` is a ``LazyObject`` which configures
 itself automatically when the settings are accessed if it has not already been
 configured).
 
-So, if there is a module containg some code as follows::
+So, if there is a module containing some code as follows::
 
     from django.conf import settings
     from django.core.urlresolvers import get_callable