diff --git a/railties/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.textile b/railties/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.textile
index 564fe56603..e6ec061c9a 100644
--- a/railties/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.textile
+++ b/railties/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.textile
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ $ git push mine my_new_branch
 
 h4. Issue a Pull Request
 
-Navigate to the Rails repository you just pushed to (e.g. https://github.com/<your user name>/rails) and press "Pull Request" in the upper right hand corner.
+Navigate to the Rails repository you just pushed to (e.g. https://github.com/your-user-name/rails) and press "Pull Request" in the upper right hand corner.
 
 Write your branch name in branch field (is filled with master by default) and press "Update Commit Range"