diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 15879dc40496c..85a9e48d7353b 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ $ flutter/tools/gn --runtime-mode=debug --unoptimized --no-lto --mac-cpu=arm64
 $ ninja -j100 -C out/host_debug_unopt_arm64
 # Run all cross-platform C++ tests for the debug build arm64 variant.
 $ cd flutter/testing
-$ ./run_tests.py --variant=host_debug_unopt_arm64 --type=engine`
+$ ./run_tests.py --variant=host_debug_unopt_arm64 --type=engine
 ```
 
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