diff --git a/README_contribute b/README_contribute
index 2dc62e62b..7433becf6 100644
--- a/README_contribute
+++ b/README_contribute
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ development.
      git clone git://repo.or.cz/org-mode.git
 
 3. People who are interested to participate in the Org-mode
-   development can to so by sending patches to this address:
+   development can do so by sending patches to this address:
 
      [[mailto:emacs-orgmode@gnu.org][emacs-orgmode@gnu.org]]