diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index dca1d0f3..a1770575 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ Thank you for considering to contribute to `bat`!
 
 If your contribution changes the behavior of `bat` (as opposed to a typo-fix
 in the documentation), please update the [`CHANGELOG.md`](CHANGELOG.md) file
-and describe your changes. This makes the release proess much easier and
+and describe your changes. This makes the release process much easier and
 therefore helps to get your changes into a new `bat` release faster.
 
 The top of the `CHANGELOG` contains a *"unreleased"* section with a few
 subsections (Features, Bugfixes, …). Please add your entry to the subsection
-that best describes your change
+that best describes your change.
 
 Entries follow this format:
 ```