diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md
index e85c9d18db9..a2241c20d74 100644
--- a/RELEASES.md
+++ b/RELEASES.md
@@ -3371,7 +3371,7 @@ Version 1.0.0-alpha (2015-01-09)
       platforms.
     * Rust comes with rust-gdb and rust-lldb scripts that launch their
       respective debuggers with Rust-appropriate pretty-printing.
-    * The Windows installation of Rust is distributed with the the
+    * The Windows installation of Rust is distributed with the
       MinGW components currently required to link binaries on that
       platform.