diff --git a/doc/source/development/contributing.rst b/doc/source/development/contributing.rst
index 3cdf9b83e96f3..10d702808606a 100644
--- a/doc/source/development/contributing.rst
+++ b/doc/source/development/contributing.rst
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ the expected correct result::
 Transitioning to ``pytest``
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-*pandas* existing test structure is *mostly* classed based, meaning that you will typically find tests wrapped in a class.
+*pandas* existing test structure is *mostly* class-based, meaning that you will typically find tests wrapped in a class.
 
 .. code-block:: python