diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 35663693484..8c4bd40f4f0 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -101,5 +101,5 @@ To start the CI tests, you can run `mvn verify -Psamples` (assuming you've all t
 - Make sure test cases passed after the change (one way is to leverage https://travis-ci.org/ to run the CI tests)
 - File a PR with meaningful title, description and commit messages.
 - Recommended git settings
-   - `git config --global core.autocrlf input` to tell Git convert CRLF to LF on commit but not the other way around 
+   - `git config core.autocrlf input` to tell Git convert CRLF to LF on commit but not the other way around 
 - To close an issue (e.g. issue 1542) automatically after a PR is merged, use keywords "fix", "close", "resolve" in the PR description, e.g. `fix #1542`. (Ref: [closing issues using keywords](https://help.github.com/articles/closing-issues-using-keywords/))
diff --git a/docs/contributing.md b/docs/contributing.md
index aa0e6f4ff89..8038fa512eb 100644
--- a/docs/contributing.md
+++ b/docs/contributing.md
@@ -105,5 +105,5 @@ To start the CI tests, you can run `mvn verify -Psamples` (assuming you've all t
 - Make sure test cases passed after the change (one way is to leverage https://travis-ci.org/ to run the CI tests)
 - File a PR with meaningful title, description and commit messages.
 - Recommended git settings
-   - `git config --global core.autocrlf input` to tell Git convert CRLF to LF on commit but not the other way around 
+   - `git config core.autocrlf input` to tell Git convert CRLF to LF on commit but not the other way around 
 - To close an issue (e.g. issue 1542) automatically after a PR is merged, use keywords "fix", "close", "resolve" in the PR description, e.g. `fix #1542`. (Ref: [closing issues using keywords](https://help.github.com/articles/closing-issues-using-keywords/))