diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ This means:
 - `camelCase`, **even for constants or enums**. Why? Because `SCREAMING_CASE` is ugly, annoying to type and does not achieve anything useful. Constants are *less* dangerous than variables, not more. Any reasonable IDE should highlight them for you anyway.
 - No underscores for anything. (Yes, I know `Bindings` violates this principle, but that's for legacy reasons and really should be cleaned up some day)
 - Do not use braceless `if/else` statements. `if(x) statement else statement2` should **never** be done. In very specific situations, having braceless if-statements on one line is allowed: `if(cond) return;` would be valid.
-- Prefer single-line javadoc `/** @return for example */` instead of multiline javadoc whenver possible
+- Prefer single-line javadoc `/** @return for example */` instead of multiline javadoc whenever possible
 - Short method/variable names (multipleLongWords should be avoided if it's possible to do so reasonably, especially for variables)
 - Use wildcard imports - `import some.package.*` - for everything. This makes incorrect class usage more obvious (*e.g. arc.util.Timer vs java.util.Timer*) and leads to cleaner-looking code.