diff --git a/docs/decisions/0008-master-branch-split.rst b/docs/decisions/0008-master-branch-split.rst
index b46a8ce1605..26cf468b6f2 100644
--- a/docs/decisions/0008-master-branch-split.rst
+++ b/docs/decisions/0008-master-branch-split.rst
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Why not fork the repo entirely? 2U and the community use a shared set of tools f
 working in development environments. While working from separate branches and repo
 forks are functionally equivalent, working in separate branches allows for
 minimal updates to shared tooling to support this change. One can simply checkout a
-branch name, without needing the tooling to be updated to know about non Openedx
+branch name, without needing the tooling to be updated to know about non-openedx
 git remotes.
 
 This is not a one way door, and if we decide later the a proper repo fork is a better