diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml
index 9e4b70088e..32d3c7e779 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ EndSection</programlisting>
        </programlisting>
 
        <note><para>Depending on the sort of display,
-	 <quote>rgb</quote> may need to to <quote>bgr</quote>,
+	 <quote>rgb</quote> may need to be changed to <quote>bgr</quote>,
 	 <quote>vrgb</quote> or <quote>vbgr</quote>: experiment and
 	 see which works best.</para></note>