diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.txt b/CONTRIBUTING.txt
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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.txt
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.txt
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ Every time Travis is triggered, it also calls on `Coveralls
 Building docs
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-To build docs, run ``make`` from the ``docs`` directory. ``make help`` lists
+To build docs, run ``make`` from the ``doc`` directory. ``make help`` lists
 all targets.
 
 Requirements