diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index f419f6acb..531846e62 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ level, e.g.:
     }
 ```
 
-If the case bock does not break, then it is strongly recommended to add a
+If the case block does not break, then it is strongly recommended to add a
 comment containing "fallthrough" to indicate it.  Modern compilers can also
 be configured to require such comment (see gcc `-Wimplicit-fallthrough`).