diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ etcd is Apache 2.0 licensed and accepts contributions via GitHub pull requests.
 # Email and chat
 
 - Email: [etcd-dev](https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/etcd-dev)
-- IRC: #[coreos](irc://irc.freenode.org:6667/#coreos) IRC channel on freenode.org
+- IRC: #[etcd](irc://irc.freenode.org:6667/#etcd) IRC channel on freenode.org
 
 ## Getting started