diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index d52f2a8af..bcb1f8fff 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ search the issues to make sure no one else is working on it.
 1. Make sure that the code coverage is covering all of the cases, including errors.     
 1. The code must be clippy-warning-free and rustfmt-compliant.
 1. Don't hesitate to move common functions into uucore if they can be reused by other binaries.
-1. Unsafe code should be documented with Safety comments
+1. Unsafe code should be documented with Safety comments.
 
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