diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/pull-requests.md b/doc/guides/contributing/pull-requests.md
index 0e324211ee9232..f90e74acbf7e03 100644
--- a/doc/guides/contributing/pull-requests.md
+++ b/doc/guides/contributing/pull-requests.md
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ changes that have landed in `master` by using `git rebase`:
 
 ```text
 $ git fetch --all
-$ git rebase origin/master
+$ git rebase upstream/master
 $ git push --force-with-lease origin my-branch
 ```