diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index f28aea38f..1deef6804 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ Makefile contents should contain:
     (E.g.: PKG_MAINTAINER:= Joe D. Hacker `<jdh@jdhs-email-provider.org`>)
 * A PKG_LICENSE tag declaring the main license of the package.
     (E.g.: PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0+) Please use SPDX identifiers if possible (see list at the bottom).
-* An optional PKG_LICENSE_FILE including the filename of the license-file in the source-package.
-    (E.g.: PKG_LICENSE_FILE:=COPYING)
+* An optional PKG_LICENSE_FILES including the filename of the license-file in the source-package.
+    (E.g.: PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING)
 
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