diff --git a/doc/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/doc/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index 1ac424cf0e..98aa5dbffd 100644
--- a/doc/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/doc/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Basics
 Development Environment
 =======================
 
-#. Please follow our `quickstart`_ to deploy your environment and test your
-   changes.
+Please follow our `quickstart`_ to deploy your environment and test your
+changes.
 
 .. _quickstart: http://docs.openstack.org/developer/kolla/quickstart.html