diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ request on the repo and our Travis.ci hook will run ShellCheck for you.
 - Don’t use `sed`.
     - Use `bash`'s built-in [parameter expansion](http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/syntax/pe).
 - Don’t use `cat`.
-    - Use `bash`'s built-in syntax (`file="$(< /path/to/file.txt)")`).
+    - Use `bash`'s built-in syntax (`file="$(< /path/to/file.txt)"`).
 - Don’t use `grep "pattern" | awk '{ printf }'`.
     - Use `awk '/pattern/ { printf }'`
 - Don’t use `wc`.