diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 48dbb34..c54aed6 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
       in the lib/simpletest/ directory for details.
 
     This product includes the phpSniff library, which is distributed under
-      the GNU Lesser General Public License. Please see the the phpSniff
+      the GNU Lesser General Public License. Please see the phpSniff
       LICENSE file in the lib/phpSniff/ directory for details.
 
     This product includes GeoIP data created by MaxMind, available from