diff --git a/contributing/code/patches.rst b/contributing/code/patches.rst
index e7d2e06f8f5..98ce33ebea1 100644
--- a/contributing/code/patches.rst
+++ b/contributing/code/patches.rst
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Get the Symfony2 source code:
 
       $ git clone git@github.com:USERNAME/symfony.git
 
-* Add the upstream repository as ``remote``:
+* Add the upstream repository as a ``remote``:
 
 .. code-block:: bash