diff --git a/contrib/git-jump/README b/contrib/git-jump/README
index 3e0b65b9b3..225e3f0954 100644
--- a/contrib/git-jump/README
+++ b/contrib/git-jump/README
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ complete list of files and line numbers for each match.
 Limitations
 -----------
 
-This scripts was written and tested with vim. Given that the quickfix
+This script was written and tested with vim. Given that the quickfix
 format is the same as what gcc produces, I expect emacs users have a
 similar feature for iterating through the list, but I know nothing about
 how to activate it.