diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 20f462f70..b760f8dfe 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ After this, you should be able to merge your changes without any conflicts in th
 
     ```
     git tag x.x.x
-    git push origin $!
+    git push origin x.x.x
     ```
 
     > A `v` version prefix is intentionally _not_ included in the release tag so that the GitHub root
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ After this, you should be able to merge your changes without any conflicts in th
 
     ```
     git tag v1.5xx.x
-    git push origin $!
+    git push origin v1.5xx.x
     ```
 
 4. Update Homebrew Formula