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 ## Contributing
 
-Before submitting an issue or a pull request, please take a moment to look over the [contributing guidelines](https://github.com/chartjs/Chart.js/blob/master/docs/developers/contributing.md.) first. For support using Chart.js, please post questions with the [`chartjs` tag on Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/chartjs).
+Before submitting an issue or a pull request, please take a moment to look over the [contributing guidelines](https://github.com/chartjs/Chart.js/blob/master/docs/developers/contributing.md) first. For support using Chart.js, please post questions with the [`chartjs` tag on Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/chartjs).
 
 ## Building
 Instructions on building and testing Chart.js can be found in [the documentation](https://github.com/chartjs/Chart.js/blob/master/docs/developers/contributing.md#building-and-testing).