diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml
index 266d31b7a6..c6fa8dd20d 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml
@@ -2934,7 +2934,7 @@ docs:Documentation Bug:freebsd-doc:</programlisting>
 			  (this was the point of the exercise, remember?)
 			  The new category should be listed
 			  <emphasis>first</emphasis>.  This will help to
-			  ensure that the the <makevar>PKGORIGIN</makevar>
+			  ensure that the <makevar>PKGORIGIN</makevar>
 			  is correct.</para>
 		      </step>