diff --git a/docs/contributing/making-a-pull-request.md b/docs/contributing/making-a-pull-request.md
index 9a485c5e1..d1be831dd 100644
--- a/docs/contributing/making-a-pull-request.md
+++ b/docs/contributing/making-a-pull-request.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ documentation, or new functionality you have developed.
     Before deciding to spend effort on making changes and creating a pull
     request, please discuss what you intend to do. If you are responding to
     what you think might be a bug, please issue a [bug report] first. If you
-    indend to work on documentation, create a [documentation issue]. If you
+    intend to work on documentation, create a [documentation issue]. If you
     want to work on a new feature, please create a [change request].
 
     Keep in mind the guidance given and let people advise you. It might be that