diff --git a/contributing/core/developing.md b/contributing/core/developing.md
index 64637f7a1eb..3fd6fa995bc 100644
--- a/contributing/core/developing.md
+++ b/contributing/core/developing.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 To develop locally:
 
 1. Install the [GitHub CLI](https://github.com/cli/cli#installation).
-1. Clone the Next.js repository (downloads just last commit for faster clone):
+1. Clone the Next.js repository (downloads only the last commit for faster clone):
    ```
    gh repo clone vercel/next.js --depth=1 --branch canary --single-branch
    ```