diff --git a/reference/filesystem/functions/file-get-contents.xml b/reference/filesystem/functions/file-get-contents.xml
index 27f39df33e..0ebdda167c 100644
--- a/reference/filesystem/functions/file-get-contents.xml
+++ b/reference/filesystem/functions/file-get-contents.xml
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
       <para>
        Seeking (<parameter>offset</parameter>) is not supported with remote files.
        Attempting to seek on non-local files may work with small offsets, but this
-       is unpredictable because it works on the the buffered stream.
+       is unpredictable because it works on the buffered stream.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>