diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index d06837c1..c900afdb 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ jobs:
       - when:
           condition:
             not:
-              equal: [ openssl@3.1, << parameters.OPENSSL_PREINSTALL >> ]
+              equal: [ openssl@3, << parameters.OPENSSL_PREINSTALL >> ]
           steps:
             - run:
                 name: Clone and build OpenSSL(3) master
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ jobs:
                   fi
       - when:
           condition:
-              equal: [ openssl@3.1, << parameters.OPENSSL_PREINSTALL >> ]
+              equal: [ openssl@3, << parameters.OPENSSL_PREINSTALL >> ]
           steps:
             - run:
                 name: Build OQS-OpenSSL provider
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index bcd1793f..ea800111 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ run the following command in the project main directory prior to finishing a PR:
 If encountering CI errors in CircleCI, it may be helpful to execute the test jobs
 locally to debug. This can be facilitated by executing the command
 
-   circleci local execute --job some-test-job
+   circleci local execute [--job] some-test-job
 
 assuming "some-test-job" is the name of the test to be executed and the CircleCI
 [command line tools have been installed](https://circleci.com/docs/local-cli).