diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ca796cebe7578a1d816d90fd414669bdfa7aa406..a17b6245f5771f2c0f0bc4ff3ef73102de56e4a1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ and may also be used independently outside Rails.
 We encourage you to contribute to Ruby on Rails! Please check out the
 [Contributing to Ruby on Rails guide](http://edgeguides.rubyonrails.org/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.html) for guidelines about how to proceed. [Join us!](http://contributors.rubyonrails.org)
 
-Everyone interacting in Rails and its sub-project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms, and mailing lists is expected to follow the Rails [code of conduct](http://rubyonrails.org/conduct/).
+Everyone interacting in Rails and its sub-projects' codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms, and mailing lists is expected to follow the Rails [code of conduct](http://rubyonrails.org/conduct/).
 
 ## Code Status