diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index ff82c9545..698029959 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ There are many great markdown editors that make working with the documentation r
 
 ## Building the documentation
 
-To build the documentation, simply install MkDocs with `pip install mkdocs` and then run the following command.
+To build the documentation, install MkDocs with `pip install mkdocs` and then run the following command.
 
     mkdocs build
 
diff --git a/docs/topics/contributing.md b/docs/topics/contributing.md
index 5809af65c..c7991a0fe 100644
--- a/docs/topics/contributing.md
+++ b/docs/topics/contributing.md
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ There are many great Markdown editors that make working with the documentation r
 
 ## Building the documentation
 
-To build the documentation, simply install MkDocs with `pip install mkdocs` and then run the following command.
+To build the documentation, install MkDocs with `pip install mkdocs` and then run the following command.
 
     mkdocs build