diff --git a/docs/source/contributing/code-style.rst b/docs/source/contributing/code-style.rst
index 3baaaeec2..cb08229c3 100644
--- a/docs/source/contributing/code-style.rst
+++ b/docs/source/contributing/code-style.rst
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Please fix any issues reported by the check tools.
 .. HINT::
 
   Some of the check tools, i.e., ``black`` and ``isort`` will modify
-  the files to be commited **in-place**. So please run ``git status``
+  the files to be committed **in-place**. So please run ``git status``
   after failure to see which file has been modified by the tools
   before you make any further changes.