diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ## Requesting Features/Reporting Bugs
 
 1. Click on the "Issues" tab in the repo.
-2. Make sure that the issue does exist already be searching for it.
+2. Make sure that the issue doesn't already exist before opening one
 3. Pick the issue template.
 4. Fill in the issue template.