diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
index 400b313538..fb68156cf8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ thumb is do not make any assumption about whether a path belongs to
 $GIT_DIR or $GIT_COMMON_DIR when you need to directly access something
 inside $GIT_DIR. Use `git rev-parse --git-path` to get the final path.
 
-To prevent a $GIT_DIR/worktrees entry from from being pruned (which
+To prevent a $GIT_DIR/worktrees entry from being pruned (which
 can be useful in some situations, such as when the
 entry's working tree is stored on a portable device), add a file named
 'locked' to the entry's directory. The file contains the reason in