diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 3fa1e34ef310c1364ff02f6cd5b2b438f6dbe159..4f19ce368d7de985861d6c16df8c43e976939ddb 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ You also agree to abide by our
 3.  When editing lesson pages, you need only commit changes to the Markdown source files.
 
 4.  If you're looking for things to work on,
-    please see [the list of issues for this repository][lesson-template-issues],
+    please see [the list of issues for this repository][issues],
     or for [our other lessons][swc-lessons].
     Comments on issues and reviews of pull requests are equally welcome.
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ You also agree to abide by our
     Feel free to contact them if you have any questions or languishing pull requests.
 
 [conduct]: CONDUCT.md
-[lesson-template-issues]: https://github.com/swcarpentry/lesson-template/issues
+[issues]: https://github.com/swcarpentry/lesson-template/issues
 [license]: LICENSE.md
 [pro-git-chapter]: http://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/GitHub-Contributing-to-a-Project
 [swc-lessons]: http://software-carpentry.org/lessons.html