diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 62a4001532..8567c490ce 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ requirements of the DCO, a `Signed-off-by:` line must be added to the Git
 commit message by passing `--signoff` to the `git commit` invocation.
 
 If you intend to make a large number of contributions, run the following
-commands from the repository root to add `Signed-off-by:` to all your commit
-messages by default:
+commands from the repository root to add `Signed-off-by:` line to all your
+commit messages by default:
 
 ```
 echo -e "\n\nSigned-off-by: $(git config user.name) <$(git config user.email)>" > .git/commit-template