diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 0e0ca83c97..964c9cba34 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ facilitates social contribution, easy testing and peer review.
 
 To contribute a patch, the workflow is as follows:
 
-  - Fork repository
-  - Create topic branch
-  - Commit patches
+  1. Fork repository
+  1. Create topic branch
+  1. Commit patches
 
 The project coding conventions in the [developer notes](doc/developer-notes.md)
 must be adhered to.