diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 40dd9119e..6d5868e15 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Please send a pull request to the master branch. Please include [documentation](
 - Separate code commits from reformatting commits.
 - Provide tests for any newly added code.
 - Follow PEP8.
-- When committing only trivial changes please include [ci skip] in the commit message to avoid running tests on Travis-CI.
+- When committing only documentation changes please include [ci skip] in the commit message to avoid running tests on Travis-CI.
 
 ## Reporting Issues