diff --git a/.github/components/dictionary.txt b/.github/components/dictionary.txt
index c12c3e17c..621aa6261 100644
--- a/.github/components/dictionary.txt
+++ b/.github/components/dictionary.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ conda
 config
 DM
 doxxing
+dropdown
 formatters
 GitHub
 GitKraken
diff --git a/docs/contributing.md b/docs/contributing.md
index 2e6f5bc13..9c2cfd45c 100644
--- a/docs/contributing.md
+++ b/docs/contributing.md
@@ -92,4 +92,4 @@ This sentence should link to the [pull request documentation](STUB_LINK).
 
 For consistency, please use the following:
 
-- Refer to github.com as `GitHub`
+- Refer to `github.com` as `GitHub`