diff --git a/JOJ3-Configuration-Schema.md b/JOJ3-Configuration-Schema.md
index ca2bc79..a3591b6 100644
--- a/JOJ3-Configuration-Schema.md
+++ b/JOJ3-Configuration-Schema.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ JOJ configuration generator should read both repository and task `.toml` files a
 
 ## Commit message and course-joj repo tree 
 
-Commit messages must follow conventional commits format: `type[scope]: message`.  We use `scope` to track the exact task which is being worked on.
+Commit messages must follow conventional commits format: `type(scope): message`.  We use `scope` to track the exact task which is being worked on.
 
 Basic rules:
 - health check is **always** run first